Comoros News

Egyptian opposition icon and leading intellectual Abdel Wa hab Al Messeri passed away early Thursday after a long battle with illness, his f amily reported.

Dengue type l or chikungunya viruses were detected in 38 of 55 patients sampled.

Moroni - Moussa Toybou won the presidential election on the Comoros isle of Anjouan, a government minister announced on Monday, three months after renegade leader Mohamed Bacar was ousted.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Comorian counterpart Ahmad Abdullah Sambi called for expansion of ties in all fields, Iran Daily reported.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Comorian counterpart Ahmad Abdullah Sambi called for boosting bilateral ties in all fields, Iran's English-language Press TV said on Sunday.

Mali customs seize 1.5 kilos of cocaine Customs officials in Mali on Monday arrested a Mozambican and a national of Guinea Bissau near Guinea border with 1.5 kilogrammes of cocai n e. Mali customs seize 1.5 ...

ASTANA. June 3. KAZINFORM. /Rizvana Sadykova/ The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Islamic Development Bank will be held in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, during 29-30 Jumad Awwal 1429H .

Madaraka Day Celebrates independence in 1964. Celebrated in: Kenya 1 National Holiday of Tunisia Celebrated in: Tunisia 3 Martyr's Day Celebrated in: Uganda 4 Mouloud Birth of the Prophet Mohammed.

Kenyan court stalls SA bank merger plan Nairobi, Kenya - Kenya's High Court has stalled a planned merger deal bet ween South Africa's Stanbic bank, which was on course to conclude a US$330 milli o n deal with ...

Banker wants agric subsidies to boost food production A top Namibian banker said government should prioritise the agriculture sector adding the economy should use farmers as the 'first and front-line battalion' ...

Egyptian football giants Al Ahly and Zamalek have been drawn in the same African Champions League group, which pundits are referring to as the "group of death." The group format kicks on in July and the ... via Panapress

Brazilian foreign minister in Tripoli The secretary of the Libyan general people's committee f or external affairs and international cooperation, Abderrahmane Chalgham, on Mon d ay reviewed cooperation between ... via Panapress

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 :: infoZine Staff This Travel Alert is being issued to advise U.S. citizens traveling to the Union of the Comoros of the potential for unrest following the removal of former president ... via Kansas City InfoZine

“Since when have the French ever surveyed illegal fishing?”

After African Union troops were sent to remove the president of one of the Comoros Islands from power, a diplomatic crisis swiftly followed when Colonel Mohamed Bacar escaped, apparently with French assistance. via BBC News

An interim coalition government formed in the Comoros islands to end decades of secessionist crises in the Indian Ocean archipelago seemed in danger of falling apart within hours of being set up on Sunday. via Independent Online

“We will be firm in the investigation over this lamentable adventure. I would like to (be) precise that this adventure has been very isolated within the army”

By Kamardine Mohamed Moroni - The Comoran army has arrested more people, including two sons of the islands' first president and a French national, after Tuesday's failed coup, officials said. via Independent Online

“We have signed a letter of intent for the construction of Bangoi Kouni tourist village by Salted Lake and the building of a deep water quay at Moroni port”

MORONI: Kuwaiti investors said yesterday they will pump $56 million into Comoros. via Gulf Daily News

“Our main mission is to manage to organize presidential elections on the island in a manner that is free and transparent”

Reuters Wednesday, April 2, 2008; 6:51 AM MORONI - Comoros' Anjouan island expects to organize democratic elections within three months, its interim leader said on Wednesday, a week after his predecessor was ... via The Washington Post

“It is no secret that we won because Morocco provided all it could in military aid”

Ousted Anjouan leader Mohamed Bacar and 22 of his supporters were in military custody Saturday on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, as France examines their demand for political asylum. via The Tocqueville Connection

Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement advising Russians not to travel to the Union of the Comoros, off the coast of eastern Africa, until the current crisis is settled there. via RIA Novosti