Comoros President Azali Assoumani, who came to power in 1999 through a coup and has won four elections in the Indian Ocean ...

Comoros President Azali Assoumani has for the first time said publicly he intends to hand power to his son Nour El Fath when ...

MORONI, Comoros — Comoros' ruling party has won 28 out of 33 seats in Parliament, according to election results announced on Tuesday. That means the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros party of ...

El Fath did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment but has previously said Comoros, a group of three islands in the Indian Ocean off East Africa, is not a monarchy. Assoumani's ...

According to the statement, the president had previously rejected the idea of family succession and that his successor would have to come from Anjouan, one of Comoros’ three main Islands.

It also boycotted the 2020 parliamentary election. Over 50 countries go to the polls in 2024 Comoros is an archipelago of three islands off the east coast of Africa near Madagascar. It has been beset ...

Comoros has a population of about 800,000. It has witnessed around 20 coups or attempted coups since winning independence from France in 1975. Assoumani first came to power in 1999 through a coup ...

most of whom come from the nearby Comoros islands. She hailed the cyclone as “a divine Wuambushu” – using the name of the slum clearance operation, and added: “Now the state must react ...

Comoros is an archipelago of three islands off the east coast of Africa near Madagascar. It has been beset by a series of military coups since gaining independence from France in 1975, with ...

El Fath has yet to respond to the latest announcement, but previously said that Comoros – a group of three islands in the Indian Ocean, off East Africa – is not a monarchy. Assoumani's ...