The Latest Breaking News from the Indian Ocean

Widespread coral bleaching at Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia’s coast has deeply alarmed scientists and conservationists.

Amsterdam Island – part of France's Southern and Antarctic Lands in the Indian Ocean – has seen more than half its territory hit by a wildfire that started in late January. Officials are yet to evaluate the damage to the island, which is a haven of biodiversity and home to…

The Indian Ocean island is an integral part of France and the EU – but the aftermath of a devastating cyclone has highlighted its neglect, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

Abd al-Kuri sits in the Indian Ocean along a critical commercial waterway near the mouth of the Gulf of Aden

India's navy strengthens maritime capabilities with new submarines and aircraft carrier to counter Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean region.

Mayotte, a French territory in the Indian Ocean, faces the aftermath of Cyclone Chido and Tropical Storm Dikeledi, highlighting the region's vulnerability ...

The underwater world is pure magic

Deployed in the Indian Ocean as part of Mission Clemenceau 25, the French carrier strike group (CSG), comprising the aircraft carrier FNS Charles De Gaulle. Read further on Dynamite News:

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou has promised that Mayotte, the French overseas department that was destroyed by a cyclone, will be rebuilt within two years. His visit to the island in the Indian Ocean comes amid growing frustration that it has been forgotten by subsequent governments in mainland France.

The Mbhashe area of South Africa’s Eastern Cape province is a landscape of hills, fields and river valleys leading to the Indian Ocean. All along the ridges are the homesteads of the Xhosa people who have lived here since before colonial times. In years gone by, all these homes would…

As Unesco predicts that a tsunami will hit the Mediterranean within the next 30 to 50 years, French scientists are putting in place warning systems – hoping to avoid a death toll like the one seen in 2004 in the Indian Ocean, when a tsunami killed up to 230,000 people.