Topic: Ahmed Abdallah Sambi
Ruling party candidate Ikililou Dhoinine was Wednesday declared the winner of presidential polls in the Comoros, which the opposition in the Indian Ocean archipelago claimed were marred by fraud.The 48-year-old Dhoinine, outgoing President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's deputy and heir-designate, took ...
The Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros voted Sunday for a new president to replace incumbent Ahmed Abdallah Sambi whose extended stay in power has threatened the stability of the coup-prone islands.By the time polling stations were closing on the three islands ...
Ikililou Dhoinine, who has the support of Comoros' outgoing president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, enjoyed a comfortable lead according to the partial results.He was trailed by Sambi's opponent, Mohamed Said Fazulm, ex-president of Moheli island.The voting, which follows years of ...
In line with a constitution adopted in 2001, the federal presidency is to be handed over to the Comoros' smallest island of Moheli for the first time.On Sunday, 21,000 voters on the tiny island will pick three out of ten ...
Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi said on Thursday he would not extend his stay in office "even by an hour" when his term expires on May 26 next year.But by then, Sambi will have already prolonged his mandate by exactly one ...
Gunmen have shot dead Colonel Combo Ayouba, a senior figure in the Comoran army, at his home, police said Monday."Neighbours heard gun shots in the evening (Sunday) at the colonel's home," a local police official who asked not to be ...
Negotiations to set an electoral timetable in the Comoro Islands, where President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's mandate expired at midnight, have failed, officials announced on Thursday."The international community has noted that the conditions needed for a dialogue are not there," said ...
Talks to resolve a political crisis in the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros over the extension of the president's term foundered Tuesday, officials said.The negotiations were launched last month in reaction to mounting discontent from the Comoros' smallest isle ...
Internationally-sponsored negotiations between key players in the coup-prone Comoros archipelago began on Saturday without the main representatives of Moheli island.The political heavyweights of the Indian Ocean state's smallest island accuse the current regime of seeking to strip them of their ...
The army in the Comoro Islands on Tuesday urged political parties to hold a "frank and constructive dialogue" to keep the peace when President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's mandate expires on May 26.Sambi had been due to step down then, but ...
