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Shadow of Mayotte looms over future French presidency of IOC

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President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris, in July 2024.
President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris, in July 2024. © Valentine Chapuis/AFP
President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris, in July 2024.
President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris, in July 2024. © Valentine Chapuis/ AFP

France, via its island of Réunion, is about to take the reins of the Indian Ocean Commission. The handover could reignite the sensitive issue of Mayotte's integration into the organisation, to which Comoros remains firmly opposed.

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