The Latest Breaking News from Indian Ocean

A tropical cyclone hit the French island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean on Monday, bringing intense rains and powerful winds and leaving about a quarter of households without electricity and tens of thousands of homes without water, authorities said.

People on France's Indian Ocean island of Réunion have been warned to stock up on essential supplies and prepare to stay indoors as a powerful cyclone barrels in.

TheColombo Security Conclave underscores the evolving dynamics of the Indian Ocean

Why has Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu’s government decided against renewing a hydrographic survey agreement with India? What are the implications, coming soon after a pledge to send back Indian troops stationed in the Indian Ocean archipelago?

Elisabeth Borne has visited the Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte to address a number of issues that have created considerable tension acorss the archipelago including water shortages, housing, and illegal immigration from neighboring Comoros.

Australia is braced for a hot, dry summer. El Nino is back, and this year it will occur alongside an Indian Ocean dipole, a climate pattern which will further amplify this hot and dry effect.

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina has won re-election in the first round of a ballot boycotted by nearly all opposition candidates in the Indian Ocean island nation, the election commission said Saturday.

Months into an historic drought on the Indian Ocean islands of Mayotte, France is ramping up its distribution of bottled water. From Monday everyone on the archipelago – no longer just its most vulnerable residents – will be entitled to a one-litre bottle per day, in a vast operation that…

INCOIS scientists discover SAM climate pattern shapes sea conditions across Indian Ocean, aiding coastal planning, resource mgmt & disaster prep. Study findings can improve wave predictions & identify fair weather windows, benefitting fisherfolk & blue economy stakeholders. 40-yr data analysed to find positive SAM phase causes warm sea surface temp…