Macron met with anger, frustration over cyclone response during visit to Mayotte

Mayotte, with 320,000 residents and an estimated 100,000 additional migrants, is France's poorest department

French President Emmanuel Macron faced widespread frustration and anger from residents of Mayotte during his visit to the Indian Ocean archipelago, which is still reeling from the damage of the strongest cyclone to hit the region in nearly a century.

On Friday morning, Macron visited a neighborhood in Tsingoni on Mayotte's main island, where people remained without access to drinking water or phone service, nearly a week after the cyclone. As he walked through the area, some shouted: "We want water, we want water!"

Tension was palpable on Thursday evening when Macron was met with boos from dozens of residents in Pamandzi on Petite-Terre island during the last stop of his first day in Mayotte.