Mayotte was already struggling with overcrowding, illness and poverty before a devastating cyclone hit the French island territory at the weekend. Now the aftermath of Cyclone Chido has led to accusations that Paris has neglected its far-flung overseas territories,

French troops continue to arrive to join the relief effort on the French Indian Ocean Islands of Mayotte which were devastated by a cyclone last weekend. The cyclone was the deadliest storm to strike the territory in nearly a century.