Comoros

In the Comoros, the Interior Minister made an update on Wednesday about the death of a retired soldier during an interrogation in a barracks. The case has shaken the country for a week as the body was buried without prayer and then exhumed by the family for identification. The opposition accuses the government of covering up a major mistake between the armed forces, led by the chief of staff, in violation of Islam, the country's constitutional religion. After canceling a stay abroad to return to ask about the…

In Moroni, the opposition's common front held a press conference on Tuesday, April 13, in particular to examine the death of retired Major Hakim, who occurred during an interrogation at a barracks in Anjouan. The government explains his death in different but completely natural ways. Many questions arise. The opposition demands that the religious and judicial authorities take a stand.…

In the Comoros, the death of a retired non-commissioned officer during an interrogation in a military barracks on the island of Anjouan aroused great emotions as the circumstances of his death remain mysterious. He was arrested for "attempt to destabilize" and did not survive his hearing. Authorities are talking about concern and even about Covid-19 to explain his death. The version of relatives, who had to dig up the body to gain access, reported blood and head injuries. Some authorities went to Anjouan where the…

A senior Comorian official is worried about a sexual assault case. The former ambassador to the Comoros in Paris and chief of staff of several foreign ministers was fired from his post as diplomatic adviser on Monday, March 29, after being heard by the gendarmerie for sexually abusing a trainee at the ministry. The case caused an uproar in the archipelago where sexual harassment is extremely taboo, especially in the public sector. Abdallah Mirghane went free Monday morning to the Gendarmerie Research Brigade to be heard…

First place was the only bet in this match in Group G between Egypt and the Comoros, two teams already qualified. The pharaohs did not hesitate to show who was the boss of this pool during the sixth and final day of the 2021 qualifier. Four goals in ten minutes! The Comoros team caught the Egyptian wave in the face at a…

The Comoros football team qualified for the African Cup of Nations for the first time in its history on March 25, 2021. The Comoros won the points they needed by making it 0-0 against Togo, in Group G in the qualifiers for CAN 2021. The match between the Comoros and Togo does not go down in the annals of football, but it will…

The Comoros is at a point to qualify for the final stage of the next CAN. A draw against Togo on Thursday, March 25 at Malouzini Stadium and the Comoros finally reaches its first major competition. A historic moment awaited by an entire nation and Amir Abdou, Coelacanth's coach for eight years. Met a few years ago when CAF…

Inssa Mohameddit Bobocha is particularly accused of attempting to assassinate President Azali Assoumani on April 21, 2020. After escaping from the Moroni prison last November, he went to Madagascar, where he found asylum. However, the prisoner was extradited from Madagascar to the Comoros on January 27, 2021, and no one has seen him since. The United Nations seized him from the Comorian authorities.…

These are 100,000 doses from China in a specially chartered charter with a team of medical experts on board. President Azali accompanied by members of the government came in person to receive this donation. The Chinese Ambassador to the Comoros recalled the need for available and affordable vaccines for all, including developing countries. The vaccination campaign will start in the coming days.…

In the Comoros, where daily electricity emissions have lasted 10 to 12 hours for ten days, the new CEO of the National Electricity Company held a press conference yesterday to explain the technical causes of this emissions, related to generators and calm the future of energy in the country.