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COMOROS: AU pre-election mission reports back
IRIN - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
OHANNESBURG Monday, February 06, 2006 (IRIN) - As the Comoros prepare for upcoming elections that will test their new power-sharing arrangement, South Africa is gearing up to do its part in ensuring the April elections are free and ... more
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COMOROS: Election dates announced, but concern over lack of funding
IRIN - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
OHANNESBURG Friday, March 03, 2006 (IRIN) - Presidential primaries in Comoros are officially due on 16 April, but a hold-up in donor funding has sparked fears of ... more
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COMOROS: AU military electoral observers for presidential election
IRIN - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
OHANNESBURG Friday, March 17, 2006 (IRIN) - At the request of the Comoran government, the African Union (AU) will send 500 troops to ensure the archipelago's upcoming elections are free and ... more
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COMOROS: Presidential campaigning kicks off
IRIN - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
OHANNESBURG Thursday, April 06, 2006 (IRIN) - Campaigning for the presidential elections in Comoros is underway, testing the Indian Ocean islands' fragile power-sharing ... more
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COMOROS: Minister arrested as presidential race heats up//DELETED
IRIN - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
ORONI Thursday, April 13, 2006 (IRIN) - ATTN SUBSCRIBERS: The above story on the Comoros election campaign released on 13 April contained inaccuracies and has been deleted. IRIN apologises for the ... more
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COMOROS: Court decision may determine election result
IRIN - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
OHANNESBURG Wednesday, April 19, 2006 (IRIN) - Voters in the Comoros went to the polls on Sunday to select final-round candidates in the race to become President of the Union, but the constitutional court - the highest electoral body - could still determine the ... more
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COMOROS: Primary elections show new constitution in action
IRIN - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
OHANNESBURG Friday, April 21, 2006 (IRIN) - An Islamic leader has topped the list of three candidates that will compete in May for the presidency of the Indian Ocean islands of ... more
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COMOROS: Presidential favourite clear – by a landslide
IRIN - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
OHANNESBURG Monday, May 15, 2006 (IRIN) - With the votes in and counting underway, moderate Islamic religious leader Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has been tipped to become the next president of the Union of ... more
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COMOROS: Glowing Karthala puts authorities on alert
IRIN - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
OHANNESBURG Tuesday, May 30, 2006 (IRIN) - On Grande Comoro, largest of the three islands in Indian Ocean archipelago, Mount Karthala is colouring the sky red as volcanic activity continues. Initial fears of a full-blown eruption and lava flow have calmed, but authorities remain on the ... more
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COMOROS: New government launches corruption probes
IRIN - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
OHANNESBURG Thursday, June 22, 2006 (IRIN) - A probe into more than 30 senior former public officials accused of corruption is proof of the new Comoran government's commitment to tackling graft, Vice-President Idi Nadhoim told ... more
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COMOROS: People abandon homes as Karthala rumbles
IRIN - Tuesday, May 15, 2007
OHANNESBURG Monday, January 15, 2007 (IRIN) - Initial fears of a full-blown eruption by Mount Karthala have calmed on Grande Comore, largest of the three islands in the Union of the Comoros, but authorities remain on red alert as the volcano continues to ... more
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Exim Enters Comoros
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 14, 2007
xim Bank (Tanzania) Limited, Tanzania's local private banking firm will become the first indigenous bank to operate overseas when operations commence in the Comoro Islands later in ... more
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Armed standoff in run-up to island elections
IRIN - Wednesday, May 09, 2007
n an exchange of gunfire, national government troops stationed on Anjouan, one of the three semi-autonomous islands that make up Comoros, clashed with local police on Wednesday, according to local media. Elections for each island are scheduled in June, but the archipelago's delicate power-sharing agreement hangs in the balance. ... more
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Muslim Preacher Sent to Comoros
allAfrica.com - Monday, May 07, 2007
Muslim religious leader arrested last month in Mombasa over terror claims, has been deported to Comoros Islands, his ... more
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Armed Standoff in Run-Up to Island Elections
allAfrica.com - Thursday, May 03, 2007
n an exchange of gunfire, national government troops stationed on Anjouan, one of the three semi-autonomous islands that make up Comoros, clashed with local police on Wednesday, according to local media. Elections for each island are scheduled in June, but the archipelago's delicate power-sharing agreement hangs in the ... more
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Reunion: Chikungunya Epidemic Confirmed
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> LSZ Blog , a health-related blog covering Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean, writes (Fr): “It seems that Chikungunya fever has reached a quasi- pandemic dimension with more than a million people infected during the past 24 months in a large geographic... more
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France, Various Africa, Middle East: France goes easy on mercenary
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> “The French again have demonstrated that crimes committed abroad in developing nations shouldn’t necessarily be punished,” writes an outraged Fontaine, who reports that a French mercenary, who has also been implicated in several coups or coup attempts in other countries, has received only a five-year suspended sentence after... more
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Madagascar: The First Indian Ocean Musical Network
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> El Sono Mondial announces that (Fr): “A seminar about financial management of cultural enterprises specializing in music (organized by the International Organization of La Francophonie) took place last week [in Madagascar] … The participants discussed creating the f irst Indian Ocean musical and cultural network. ” ... more
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Indian Ocean: New Web 2.0 Cultural Site
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p>Collective Malagasy blog Malagasy Miray announces (Fr): “Culture-océanindien [ www.culture-oceanindien.info ] is a space for cultural and islandness expression based on the web 2.0 principle . It was born out of the will to promote and support culture in general and more specifically that of... more
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Mayotte: Who Lives There?
Global Voices Online - Thursday, March 15, 2007
p> Reunion Passion usually blogs on her homeland but recently she focused on nearby Indian Ocean French overseas department Mayotte (Fr): “ Many cultures cohabitate in Mayotte , the first, of Comorian origin, constitutes 60% of the population, the second is Malagasy and is heavily influenced by the... more
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