Politics | Society
Dhoinine confirmed as Comoros' new President
afrol News, 13 January - Ikililou Dhoinine today was confirmed by the Constitutional Court as the rightful winner of the Comoros presidential election in December. The court turned down a massively documented complaint from the opposition.
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Politics | Society
Mayotte issue to split or join Comoros, France
afrol News, 9 December - Despite heavy protests from Comoros, the Comoran island Mayotte soon will become a department and an integrated part of France. The move could further divide France and Comoros, or bring them closer together.
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Politics
Comoros presidential poll results published
afrol News, 11 November - Three candidates for the Comoros Union presidency elections on Sunday have emerged to compete in a second round in December. Ruling party candidate Ikililou Dhoinine received most votes in the first round.
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Science - Education | Environment - Nature
Coral deaths reach Mayotte, Comoros
afrol News, 19 October - Scientists find that the corals on the Comoran island Mayotte are rapidly bleaching, which leads to a death of the reef. The situation on Mayotte was "the worst seen in the Indian Ocean," they report.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Travel - Leisure
Indian Ocean tourism cooperation limping
afrol News, 7 October - Mauritius, Seychelles, Réunion and Comoros; together these Indian Ocean islands could be a powerful travel destination by a united marketing drive. But main players admit high-profiled cooperation talks are only empty words.
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Economy - Development | Politics
Piracy forces Comoros into French military coop
afrol News, 29 September - After an 11-year suspension, France and Comoros have signed a new military cooperation agreement in response to the ever-approaching Somali pirates. At the same time Comoros condemned France in the UN.
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Economy - Development
Comoros ready for debt relief
afrol News, 29 June - Economic and political reforms in Comoros have reached such a stage that the island nation now was ready to "start receiving debt relief," according to a decision by the IMF.
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Politics
Comoros crisis over; elections agreed
afrol News, 16 June - Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi today signed an African Union-brokered deal, allowing him to stay on power as "interim president" until November. Then, late elections are to be held.
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Economy - Development
Geothermal energy "great potential" for Comoros
afrol News, 4 June - Comoros, still totally dependent on expensive diesel-powered energy, finally sees major investments in its large potential of geothermal energy. The volcanic archipelago could become self-supplied in energy.
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Politics
Comoros "now without legal President"
afrol News, 26 May - The mandate of Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi ended today, and only a controversial prolongation of his mandate, which is not accepted by opposition and the island of Moheli, assures his continued rule.
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Economy - Development
Comoros economy still not growing
afrol News, 21 April - The economy of Comoros is still growing at a slower rate than its population, new statistics show. Despite massive development aid, the situation will remain negative in 2010.
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Politics
Comoros again hit by secessionism
afrol News, 9 April - As an African Union (AU) representative today arrived Comoros to mediate in the archipelago's renewed political crisis, protesters on the island of Moheli call for President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's dismissal. Thoughts of secession again are popular among Moheli islanders.
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Politics | Society
Comorans angry as Mayotte remains French
afrol News, 31 March - One year ago, 95 percent of inhabitants of the Comoran island of Mayotte voted "yes" to become a French department by 2011, despite protests from Comoros and the African Union (AU). At the anniversary, Comorans again call for "defending the territorial integrity of Comoros" against "French colonialism".
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Economy - Development | Politics
Comoros secures record sums at donors' conference
afrol News, 11 March - At the closure of a donors' conference for Comoros in Doha, the archipelago secured aid worth US$ 540 million from Arab states and institutions. The amount is record high given a Comoran population of only 650,000 and an estimated total GDP of US$ 750 million.
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» 17.11.2009 - Comoros must strengthen donor and debt position, IMF
» 22.09.2009 - IMF approves $21.5 million for Comoros
» 16.04.2009 - New power struggle in Comoros
» 09.12.2008 - Comoros rights groups want Mayotte talks stopped
» 11.11.2008 - Comoros loudly protests Mayotte referendum
» 14.10.2008 - Journalist detained on Mayotte
» 21.07.2008 - Bacar's allies escape from prison
» 14.07.2008 - Comoros gets new government
» 04.07.2008 - Toybou confirmed Anjouan president
» 24.06.2008 - Bacar's extradition ruled out
» 12.06.2008 - Comoros admitted to Islamic Development Bank
» 06.06.2008 - French court convicted toppled Anjouan leader
» 15.05.2008 - Bacar denied French assylum
» 12.05.2008 - Anjouan ready for presidential olls
» 28.03.2008 - France holds deposed leader
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