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Mauritius qualifies for next round of CAF Under-20 soccer championship (2010-04-14 15:14:39)
APA - Port Louis (Mauritius) Mauritius has qualified for the next round of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Under – 20 championships after the withdrawal of Comoros, which was expected to play against Mauritius next Sunday, APA learns in the Mauritian capital Port Louis on Wednesday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
AU closely following recent developments in the Comoros, says Ping (2010-03-04 12:29:42)
APA - Dakar (Senegal) The President of the Commission of the African Union (AU), Mr. Jean Ping said that he “is closely following” the recent developments in the Comoros, including adoption, on 1 March 2010, of a law aimed at harmonizing, from November 27, 2011, the mandates of the President of the Union and the governors of the island. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
OIC prompts Turkey to extend $50,000 hmanitarian assistance to Comoros (2009-09-14 19:28:17)
APA-Dakar (Senegal) The Comoro Islands received US$50,000 humanitarian assistance from the Turkish government, following the appeal by the Secretary-General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to OIC member states to extend rescue assistance to the flood-stricken people in the Comoros, an official source told APA on Monday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comoros’ constitutional referendum set for 17 May (2009-04-16 17:00:32)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) The president of the Union of the Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, has set the date for the referendum on the reform of the present Constitution of Comoros to 17 May. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comorian leader’s decision to extend his tenure raises controversy (2009-04-13 08:25:14)
APA-Moroni (Comoros) The open talks between the Comorian central power and other islands on the amendment of the Comorian Constitution are stalled over the extension of President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi’s tenure. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
UN grants US$9mn to Comoros (2009-04-03 19:09:18)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) The United Nations has granted US$9 million to the Comoran government under the PeaceBuilding Fund (PBF) to which the country have been eligible since June 2008, an official source told APA on Friday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comorans protest French minister’s planned visit to Moroni (2009-04-02 18:17:31)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) The Maoré Committee, a Comoran civil society organisation fighting for the return of Mayotte to the Comoros archipelago, ‘’has called on all the segments of the population to rally on Saturday at the Independence Square to protest against the French State secretary’s visit to the country’, a reliable source told APA here on Thursday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Arab League to release $2mn monthly support to Comoros (2009-04-01 18:37:19)
APA -Moroni (Comoros) The League of Arab States is poised to grant 2 million dollars monthly to the Comoros archipelago during a whole year, reliable sources told APA Wednesday in Moroni. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Inidian Ocean Commission ministers to meet in Comoros capital (2009-04-01 18:34:29)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) The cabinet meeting of the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) is slated for April 4 – 5 in Moroni, APA learns from official sources Wednesday in Moroni. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comorians call for submission of Mayotte issue to the UN Security Council (2009-03-31 13:09:28)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) The Maore Committee, an association that fights for the return of Mayotte to the bosom of the Comoros archipelago, called on the government to convene, as soon as possible, a meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee of the seven member countries of the African Union (AU) on the Comorian island of Mayotte, reliable sources told APA Tuesday in Moroni, the capital. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comorian govt denounces French referendum in Mayotte (2009-03-30 12:15:12)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) The Comoros government on Monday in Moroni issued a statement in which it “rejects and criticizes” the holdig of the referendum on the transformation of Mayotte iunto a French department on Sunday 29 March. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Mayotte overwhelmingly votes for French department status (2009-03-30 10:26:24)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) The official results of the referendum to give Mayotte the status of a French department, which were published on Sunday by the French Interior ministry show that 95.2 per cent of the people of the Island have voted for this change of status, with a voter turnout of 61 per cent. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Demonstrators burn French flag in Comoran capital (2009-03-29 11:21:43)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) A protest march which brought together some 2,000 people, and during which the French flag was burnt was staged on Sunday in Moroni, at a time when, Mayotte was holding a referendum initiated by France to give the status of department to this island, which Moroni and the African Union still consider as an integral part of the Comoro Islands. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comorian president postpones constitutional referendum (2009-03-23 12:46:32)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) The President of the Union of the Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, has postponed to a later date the holding of the constitutional referendum intended to standardise the electoral calendar of the archipelago, official sources said here on Monday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Conference on constitutional reform fails in Comoros (2009-03-03 20:16:45)
APA-Moroni (Comoros) The inter-Comorian conference on reforming the constitution, which was due to open on Tuesday in Moroni, did not take place as a result of the opposition’s last-minute refusal to take part in the process. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comoros Chamber of Commerce to launch trade office in Tanzania (2008-12-31 13:56:46)
APA-Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) The Comoros government has announced plans to open a business promotion office in Dar es Salaam in January 2009, APA has learnt here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comorian president wants mandate extended for another year (2008-12-29 21:05:23)
APA-Moroni (Comoros) Comorian president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has expressed the intension to extend his mandate by another year to enable preparations to hold elections in 2011. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Former Comoran Prime Minister arrested in Moroni (2008-12-13 14:14:40)
APA-Moroni (Comoros) The exiled former Comorian Prime Minister, Hamada Madi Bolero, was arrested Thursday in Comoros while accompanying the remains of his nephew who died in France, APA learns on Saturday in Moroni the capital. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comoros: Protest against constitution review (2008-12-05 07:22:34)
APA-Moroni (Comoros) A major rally to protest against both the naturalisation of many Kuwaiti investors and the Comoro constitution review bill has been staged in the Comoros capital of Moroni, APA has learnt here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comoros holds int’l conference on Karthala volcano (2008-11-20 10:52:39)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) Forty international vulcanologists are attending the international conference on the Karthala volcano which opened Wednesday in the Comoros capital Moroni, under the presidency of the head of state of the Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
First batch of Comorian pilgrims leave for Mecca (2008-11-18 15:50:36)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) More than 200 pilgrims left the Comoros capital, Moroni, for Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday morning in order to perform the Hajj. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Mayotte "is not French", Comorian justice minister says (2008-11-12 20:04:09)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) The status of Mayotte was voiced out Wednesday on the occasion of the celebration of Maoré National Day, which is celebrated on November 12 of each year since 2005. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comorian drug squad seizes about 200kg of narcotics (2008-10-20 16:50:03)
APA-Moroni (Comoros) The chief superintendent of the Comorian joint drug squad (BRIMAD), Ahmed Kassim, said drug trafficking in his country is terribly gaining ground with the recent seizure of about 200kg of narcotics at the port of Moroni. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Speaker of Comoran Parliament questions country’s leadership ability (2008-10-13 21:53:10)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) Comorian Speaker of Parliament Dhoiffir Bounou, on Monday fiercely criticised the country’s draft constitutional review process and questioned whether the time was really rife for the move. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
WHO representative describes Comoros health system as ‘unwell’ (2008-10-06 18:00:11)
APA-Moroni (Comoros) ‘The Comorian health system is unwell’, the new WHO representative in the Comoros, Pr Yao Kassankogno, said here Monday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comorian leader wants to downsize state institutions (2008-10-02 15:11:34)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi of Comoros on Wednesday said he wants to reduce the number of state institutions which include currently four heads of state, four parliaments and four governments. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comorian govt takes measure to meet IMF post-conflict plan (2008-09-30 16:44:29)
APA - Moroni (Comoros) The Comorian authorities have just taken measures intended to cleanse the public finance to be able to conclude, as of October, a post-conflict emergency program with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Comorian President raises Mayotte issue at UN (2008-09-26 16:28:05)
APA-Moroni (The Comoros) The Comorian president, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, widely spoke about the issue of the Comorian island of Mayotte, which is under French administration since Comoros got its independence in 1975, in his speech at the 63rd United Nations General Assembly in New York. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Moroni protests against French referendum on Mayotte (2008-09-25 07:15:00)
APA- Moroni (Comoros) Following a call by several Comorian political parties and civil society organisations, a peaceful march was held Wednesday in Moroni the capital to denounce the holding of a referendum in Mayotte in April 2009 in a bid to make this Comorian island a French department. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
Morocco launches widespread vaccination against cattle plague (2008-09-11 12:42:34)
APA-Rabat (Morocco) Morocco Wednesday announced a widespread vaccination of the sheep and goat livestock (about 22 millions heads) to eradicate the cattle plague which has been decimating the country’s small livestock since July with 4,463 animals contaminated while 2,130 among them died. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion
 
 
 
 
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