The Latest Breaking News from Indian Ocean

The French government says it will pick up the water bills of the 310,000 residents of France’s poorest department, Mayotte, which is suffering its worst drought since 1997. But poor management of resources is also to blame for the Indian Ocean archipelago’s water crisis.

Mohamed Muizzu’s election win is a setback for India, a boost for China and a sign of tensions in Indian Ocean region.

Maldivians are voting in the runoff presidential election that has turned into a virtual referendum on which regional power, India or China, will have the biggest influence in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation

France is sending military forces to distribute water on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte

Outcome of Saturday’s presidential election could be key to India and China’s battle for influence in the Indian Ocean.

Months into a severe drought, authorities in the French overseas department of Mayotte have ordered taps shut off two days out of three. The island archipelago in the Indian Ocean is experiencing its worst dry spell in nearly 30 years.

Capacity building and cooperation in defence industry and equipment was also discussed at length by the two sides.

A plane carrying Israelis home from the Indian Ocean island nation of Seychelles has made an emergency stop in Saudi Arabia before flying back to Tel Aviv

Authorities on the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte said they demolished more than 80 illegal dwellings as part of a crackdown on illegal migration and poor housing.

Locals in Grande Comore island mobilised to rescue a 10-ton baby humpback whale stranded near the port of Moroni. With rudimentary means but much effort, they managed to keep the baby whale alive until it could move back into the Indian Ocean.

Study finds El Nino's effect on India's monsoon varies regionally: ENSO linked to 70% of North India's rainfall fluctuations, 10% in Central India, and stable in South India. Climate change impacts Indian Ocean temperatures, influencing monsoon trough and depressions, making Central India less predictable. Monitoring other factors, like Indian Ocean…