Comoros

Comoros

Population: 0.7 million
GDP: $500 million
Debt: $48.4% of GDP
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On the coup-prone archipelago, President Ahmed Sambi has delayed polls until 2011 when candidates from Mohéli are set to vie for the rotating presidency; there are more doubts about President Ahmed’s willingness to leave.

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  • Vol 49 No 7
  • 28/03/2008

Sitting target

The overthrow of Colonel Mohamed Bacar's regime on Anjouan Island by 1,500 African Union troops and 600 Comoran soldiers took less than a day but does not guarantee more stability. The AU mission in support of the President of Comoros, Ahmed Abdullah ...

  • Vol 47 No 12
  • 09/06/2006

Green revolution

After the man his supporters call 'the Ayatollah' won the 14 May presidential poll with 58 per cent of the vote, people are waiting to see what President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi is made of.

  • Vol 46 No 11
  • 27/05/2005

Three into one

Once again, the islands quarrel and South Africa tries to reconcile them

  • Vol 46 No 11
  • 27/05/2005

A man from Anjouan

It is Anjouan island's turn to fill the Union presidency after elections in April 2006. Leading candidates include:

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