The latest news stories about Réunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean.
January 2024
Weather tracker
Weather tracker: first red cyclone warning for Réunion since 1989
Cyclone Belal is expected to remain a strong storm through the coming week
October 2022
UK accused of putting Tamil refugees at risk in Indian Ocean
MoD personnel escorted refugees away from Diego Garcia in boat with no record of having radio or lifesaving equipment, lawyers say
April 2022
French election: why did Le Pen do so well in overseas territories?
Analysis: Far-right candidate finished far ahead of Emmanuel Macron in Guadeloupe, Martinique and Réunion
July 2021
‘Covid cases are up – 6,000 miles from Paris.’ France baffled by UK quarantine change
Officials say rising Beta variant figures are from Réunion island
May 2021
The Guardian picture essay
Réunion: the postmen of the peaks
René-Claude and Cyril, the two postmen serving Mafate, Réunion, walk 90 miles of paths to deliver mail to residents on routes that can last days
September 2020
Portugal dropped from safe travel corridor list as Covid cases rise
Hungary, French Polynesia and Réunion also removed, but arrivals from Sweden will no longer have to quarantine
March 2020
Coronavirus: cruise ship passengers at Réunion Island threatened by violent protests
Police use teargas on protesters who tried to block cruise liner, which is full of Australian, New Zealand and British tourists
January 2020
Réunion amateurs earn historic Coupe de France upset after 9,000km trip
JS Saint-Pierroise have become only the second team from a French overseas department to reach the Coupe de France’s last 32
November 2019
Hand of missing Scottish tourist found in shark off coast of Réunion
Wife identifies wedding ring of man who disappeared while snorkelling at the weekend
August 2018
Reunions of a lifetime as South Koreans head north – in pictures
Almost 90 families have met for the first time since becoming separated by the Korean war nearly 70 years ago. The emotional reunions were held at Mount Kumgang, a tourist resort in North Korea
February 2017
Surf champion Kelly Slater calls for daily shark cull on Réunion
France accused of not doing enough to counter threat of aggressive bull sharks after eighth person in six years is killed
December 2016
The world’s powers have to resolve their remnants of empire
Martin Kettle
The territories controlled by Britain, France, Russia and the US, among others, still have the potential to spark global crises. We need an islands and enclaves treaty
October 2016
Observer dispatch
‘I felt abandoned’: children stolen by France try to find their past, 50 years on
For decades, children from Réunion island in the Indian Ocean were removed to repopulate rural areas of France
May 2016
MH370: two new aircraft fragments 'almost certainly' from missing aircraft
Australian announcement about pieces found in South Africa and Mauritius means a total of five pieces of debris have now been confirmed from missing jet
March 2016
MH370: debris found on Reunion 'unlikely' to be from missing plane
Australian officials leading the search for the wreckage say latest find probably does not come from flight that disappeared two years ago
MH370: head of search says 'very likely' plane will be found by July
Martin Dolan, head of the Australian authority scouring the Indian ocean, is confident aircraft will be located
MH370 search: second possible plane part found on Réunion coast
Resident who found ‘flaperon’ last July discovers another piece of wreckage which has yet to be analysed but could come from Malaysia Airlines flight
February 2016
Shark attacks hit record high in 2015, global tally shows
International Shark Attack File notes 98 unprovoked shark attacks – including six fatalities – with US, Australia and South Africa witnessing highest numbers
December 2015
MH370: Australia believes it is looking in the right place
Analysis confirms ‘highest probability’ search is on the right track, as deputy PM Warren Truss says three-quarters of ‘hot spot’ area has been scoured
September 2015
Réunion debris is from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, French prosecutor says
Flaperon found on Indian Ocean island in July confirmed by prosecutor as being from Boeing 777 that disappeared in March 2014
