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Crowds in Mayotte vent their frustrations over hurricane response after Macron visits disaster, AP explains

Crowds in Mayotte expressed their displeasure and booed French President Emmanuel Macron as he toured the devastation caused by the strongest hurricane to hit the French territory in nearly a century. Thursday’s tense scenes underscored the dissatisfaction among many residents of the Indian Ocean archipelago with the government in Paris, some 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles) away. People in Mayotte, France’s poorest province, have previously said they suffer from underinvestment and government neglect. (AP Video: Sam Mednick)

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