By Tassilo Hummel
Angry residents of a Mayotte neighbourhood damaged by Cyclone Chido heckled French President Emmanuel Macron when he toured it on Friday, complaining that food and water had not reached them nearly a week after the storm hit the Indian Ocean archipelago.
Officials in France’s poorest overseas territory have only been able to confirm 31 fatalities from Chido but some have said they fear thousands could have been killed.
Some of the islands’ worst-affected neighbourhoods, hillside shantytowns comprised of flimsy huts that are home to undocumented migrants, have not yet been accessed by rescue workers.
As Macron walked through the neighbourhood of Tsingoni, residents sweating in the 31-degrees Celsius (88-degree Farenheit) heat, decried a lack of water.
“Seven days and you’re not able to give water to the population!” one man shouted at Macron.
Macron, who had extended his visit to Mayotte to spend more time surveying the
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