Voters in Comoros were heading to the polls on Sunday to elect the Indian Ocean archipelago's 33-seat parliament, a year after the re-election of President Azali Assoumani in a poll which the ...

A delicate ecosystem was disrupted in the Comoros, off East Africa, when forests were cleared to make way for farmland. The consequences offer lessons for other parts of the developing world.

Comoros President Azali Assoumani is "out of danger" after he was injured on Friday in a knife attack by a 24-year-old police officer who was found dead in his cell a day later, officials said ...

At least 25 people, including women and children, have died after traffickers deliberately capsized their boat off the Indian Ocean nation of Comoros, according to the International Organization ...

Comoros police arrest suspect over capsized migrant boat, coastguard says. By Reuters. November 8, 2024 8:53 AM UTC Updated November 8, 2024 MORONI, Nov 8 (Reuters ...

Comoros announces curfew after president’s fourth-term win sparks protests. Assoumani, an ex-military officer whose opponents accuse him of muzzling dissent, first came to power in a 1999 coup.

Comoros President Azali Assoumani was re-elected for a fourth term in January 2024 in a poll disputed by the opposition as "fraudulent". He secured the win with 63% of the vote.

And yet Comoros remains in the shadow of its regional neighbours. According to UN World Tourism Organisation figures, Seychelles had 276,000 tourists in 2015, Mauritius 1.15m, Réunion 426,000 ...

The Comoros, on Monday, December 16, declared a national week of mourning after Cyclone Chido devastated the neighbouring French overseas department of Mayotte, where the authorities fear "several ...

The Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean has had a fractious history since independence from France, experiencing more than 20 coups or attempted coups. The three main islands of the archipelago - ...

The rare bat is found only on two small islands of Anjouan and Mohéli in the Comoros archipelago, off the southeast coast of Africa. Around 19 of the 21 remaining bat roost sites have been ...