Executive Director of the Baku Initiative Group Abbas Abbasov is participating in the 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

The French government received praise last month for keeping its promise to rebuild the fire-damaged Notre Dame cathedral within five years. However, authorities are facing more challenges in their efforts to rebuild cyclone-stricken Mayotte, France’s impoverished overseas territory off the coast of East Africa, News.az reports citing Voice of America.

The death toll from Cyclone Chido in the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte has risen to 39, according to the latest update from the island's prefect, News.az reports citing News.az.

Belgium is sending emergency humanitarian assistance through B-FAST to the French island of Mayotte, which has been severely impacted by Cyclone Chido. The aid includes 717 family tents and 4,200 hygiene kits, crucial for offering shelter and hygiene support to the survivors, News.az reports citing foreign media.

French President Emmanuel Macron visited the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte to survey the devastation caused by a cyclone. Thousands of people are struggling without basic essentials, and there are growing concerns over a rising death toll, News.az reports citing foreign media.

French authorities announced an overnight curfew in Mayotte on Tuesday as they worked to stabilize the island territory following Cyclone Chido, the most intense storm to strike the Indian Ocean archipelago in 90 years, News.az reports citing foreign media.

Close to 1,000 people may have lost their lives after Cyclone Chido struck Mayotte in the Indian Ocean, according to the island's top official.

The death toll from the devastating Hurricane "Shido," which struck Mayotte (a French overseas territory in the Indian Ocean) on Saturday, could reach several thousand.

France has dispatched emergency service workers to Mayotte, its Indian Ocean territory, after the island was struck by a powerful tropical cyclone, News.az reports citing BBC.