Street Clashes Over Presidential Term Extension in Comoros
Protesters barricaded roads with tree trunks and clashed with soldiers in Comoros Monday as they demonstrated against President Azali Assoumani's attempt to extend term limits, writes VOA.
Anjouan, Comoros.
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Southern Africa:
Comoros Clambers Aboard SADC With Some Messy Baggage
ISS, 11 October 2018
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) inherited a world of trouble when it accepted the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as a member in 1997. Now it seems to have… Read more »
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Comoros:
Statement By the Chairperson of the Commission On the Situation in Comoros
African Union, 16 October 2018
Addis Ababa, 16 October 2018: The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, deplores the suspension, since 2 October 2018, of the inter-Comorian dialogue,… Read more »
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Comoros:
Presidential Elections - Whose Turn Is It Anyway?
African Arguments, 18 February 2016
A complex constitution requires the presidency to rotate between the Comoros' three islands. This has created greater stability, but not everyone is happy. Read more »