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Anjouan Road to Recovery Now Open
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, April 29, 2008
ver half a million dollars of much-needed emergency funding will help Anjouan, one of three islands in the Comoros archipelago, to address humanitarian needs and re-establish basic administrative structures after a recent military operation backed by the African Union (AU) allowed the central government regain control of the renegade ... more
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Anjouan Situation Worse Than Thought
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
ith preparations for new local elections underway, following a succesful military venture by the Comoros Union government and African Union (AU) troops to restore order to the renegade island by force, deeper humanitarian concerns have ... more
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Chronic Poverty Pushes Anjouanese to Risk Their Lives
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
n a desperate attempt to escape grinding poverty, thousands of Anjouanese continue to risk everything to make the perilous journey from the Comoros to the nearby island of ... more
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Assoumani, Sidestepping Constitution, Seeks Second Term in Office
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
arliamentarians in the Comoros have expressed their dissatisfaction with a draft law that allows Union President Azali Assoumani to sidestep a constitutional provision requiring the federal presidency to rotate between the islands, and vie for a second four-year term in elections next ... more
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Controversial Draft Bill Withdrawn
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
olitical analysts and rights activists in the Comoros have applauded the withdrawal of a draft law allowing Union President Azali Assoumani to vie for a second four-year term in elections next ... more
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Comorians for Yanga Tie
allAfrica.com - Thursday, April 03, 2008
omorian referees will take charge of the second round return leg tie of the Confederations Cup between Young Africana and visiting Libyan side Al Akhdar, at the national Stadium on ... more
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No Quick Fix After Military Strike
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 28, 2008
he end of Mohamed Bacar's rebel rule in Anjouan could boost political stability on the Comoros archipelago, but the humanitarian problems will take longer to ... more
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UN Agencies Prepare in Case of Problems After Attack On Island
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, March 26, 2008
nited Nations relief agencies are strengthening their presence in the Comoros in case of humanitarian problems that might emerge after the Government of the Indian Ocean archipelago, backed by African Union troops, launched an attack yesterday on the island of Anjouan to remove its renegade ... more
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New Polls Promised for Anjouan
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, March 26, 2008
omoros will establish an interim government on the island of Anjouan by the end of week, paving the way for a swift democratic election on the renegade island, a government official said on ... more
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South African President Questions Military Action
allAfrica.com - Wednesday, March 26, 2008
resident Thabo Mbeki said yesterday he regretted there had been fighting on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros as political measures were in place to resolve the ... more
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Union Government Takes Control of Rebel Island
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 25, 2008
omoros took control of its rebel island of Anjouan on Tuesday in a military operation aimed at toppling renegade leader, Mohamed Bacar, a government official ... more
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African Union, Govt Troops Invade Anjouan
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 25, 2008
omoran and African Union troops invaded the island of Anjouan on Tuesday to put an end to the rebellion led by Colonel Mohamed Bacar against the federal government of the ... more
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AU Strike on Rebel Island to Go Ahead
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 18, 2008
anzania has rebuffed attempts by South Africa to halt military action to depose President Mohamed Bacar of tiny Comoros island of ... more
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Raid to Proceed, Says Tanzania
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, March 18, 2008
anzania has rebuffed attempts by South Africa to halt military action to depose President Mohamed Bacar of tiny Comoros island of ... more
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Military Action Irreversible
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 14, 2008
he African Union (AU) backed military action against the island of Anjouan's renegade leader Mohamed Bacar in the Comoros archipelago had reached "the point of no return", despite an offer for more talks to resolve the nine month ... more
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Country Disappointed with South Africa
allAfrica.com - Friday, March 14, 2008
he Comoros government has expressed "disappointment" with South African President Thabo Mbeki's reported opposition to a military solution to end the standoff between the authorities on Anjouan and the other two islands in the Indian Ocean ... more
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Moroni Blues, a Comorian musical comedy
Global Voices Online - Wednesday, March 12, 2008
p>Vola, a Malagasy blogger living in Paris, writes [Fr] about Moroni Blues , a musical comedy by Comorian writer, Soeuf Elbadawi , which explores love, cosmopolitanism, and ethnic division in the island nation's capital city . ... more
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Lavish Weddings Bring Development Hangover
allAfrica.com - Monday, March 03, 2008
emittances from Comorans living abroad have long kept the home islands in the Indian Ocean afloat with financial flows that far outweigh official development aid (ODA), but spending on luxuries and lavish wedding parties has meant their contribution to development has been ... more
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On the Edge of a 'Military Solution'
allAfrica.com - Friday, February 22, 2008
n line with a long tradition of foreign military intervention, official and clandestine, international forces are moving in to help the Union government of Comoros re-establish control over the renegade island of Anjouan and save the fragile three-island state in the Indian Ocean from falling ... more
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Indian Ocean Islands Agree a Scheme to Connect Themselves By Fibre
allAfrica.com - Tuesday, February 19, 2008
meeting of the members of the Indian Ocean Commission in Addis Ababa last week decided to give the go-ahead to connect their island-members by fibre to each other and the rest of the world. The connecting cable would be available on non-discriminatory terms and under a low-cost, high volume... more
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