Anjouan is an island of volcanic origin located in the body of water that separates Madagascar from Africa. However, outcrops of a type of rock typically associated with continents are puzzling ...

Livingstone's fruit bats (Pteropus livingstonii) are found only on Anjouan and a nearby island, Mohéli. The bats can have wingspans of up to 4.5 feet (1.4 meters). Clues in a cowfield ...

Volcanic outpost. Anjouan island is one of the Comoro Islands. It's a rugged, 163-square-mile (424 square kilometers) outpost in the Indian Ocean, rich in vegetation and home to around 277,000 people.

Anjouan island, off the eastern coast of Africa. Kevin Krajick/Earth Institute, Columbia University. Researchers have found rocks on a small island between Madagascar and the eastern coast of ...

Researchers have found rocks on a small island between Madagascar and the eastern coast of Africa, a discovery that has been described as mysterious for one very important reason — they shouldn ...

That would deny Anjouan its turn to occupy the presidency from 2021, as would have happened under the previous system that rotated the post among the country’s three main islands.

The Comoros government captured the capital of the rebel-held island of Anjouan on Tuesday, just hours after an African Union-backed military operation got under way to oust a renegade colonel who ...

FOMBONI, Comoros, March 25 (Reuters) - The Comoros army took total control of the rebel island of Anjouan on Tuesday after a morning assault backed by the African Union, a senior officer said.