Comoros


Comoros, DRC discuss coup bid

2013-05-04 11:27

The foreign minister of the Comoros has met DRC’s President Joseph Kabila to discuss the alleged involvement of Congolese nationals in the Indian Ocean state's latest coup attempt.

Animal smuggling countries face sanctions

2012-07-26 19:17

Delegates to a UN conservation meeting are threatening sanctions against six countries unless they approve legislation to fight the illegal animal trade.

Ship sinks off Comoros, 60 dead

2011-08-10 18:49

A Comoros inter-island shuttle has sunk resulting in 60 deaths and as many injured.

Comoros election tensions heat up

2010-12-30 18:38

Comoros has banned political rallies after a disputed presidential vote count handed victory to the ruling party candidate, an army spokesperson says.

Dhoinine leading Comoros poll

2010-11-08 13:21

Outgoing Comoran deputy president Ikililou Dhoinine is leading the vote count in presidential polls in the coup-prone Indian Ocean archipelago, an official has said.

Comoros president to quit next year

2010-09-30 17:01

Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi says he will not extend his stay in office "even by an hour" when his term expires next year.

Comoros election talks fail

2010-05-28 11:49

Negotiations between Comoros’ leader and opposition parties on a date for presidential election have stalled with President Mohamed Abdallah Sambi's rivals accusing him of illegally clinging on to power.

Sambi willing to change poll date

2010-04-14 11:58

The president of Comoros says he is ready, under certain conditions, to bring forward the date of presidential polls, the cause of political tension in the country.

President seeks to extend term

2009-12-06 19:39

Voters in the Comoros have gone to the polls for a legislative election that could determine President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi's chances of extending his tenure.

Opposition leader arrested

2009-11-17 22:17

The leader of the Comoros archipelago's opposition Ridja party, Said Larifou, has been arrested by police in the capital Moroni, a report says.

Crash survivor leaves hospital

2009-07-24 14:22

A 12-year-old girl who is the only known survivor out of 153 people aboard the Yemenia Airways flight that crashed near the Comoros Islands last month has left a Paris hospital.

Comoros: Remains not human

2009-07-10 13:25

Remains discovered by Comoran fishermen and thought to be from passengers of the Yemenia jet that crashed off the island are not human, officials say.

Navy assists in debris search

2009-07-09 12:33

An official from Tanzania says the French navy has arrived to assist with the search for remains of a plane that crashed into the Indian Ocean with 153 people aboard.

Comoros: 10 bodies found

2009-07-08 10:46

The government of the Comoros has confirmed that Tanzanian authorities have alerted it to the discovery of a number of bodies in Tanzania waters following a plane crash that killed 152 people.

Yemenia black boxes too deep

2009-07-07 22:22

Investigators have concluded that the black boxes from a plane that plunged into the Indian Ocean with 153 people onboard are too deep to be reached by divers.

Hunt for Yemeni black boxes

2009-07-06 17:01

French aviation experts are trying to pinpoint the exact location of the black boxes from a flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean last week.

Black box signal picked up

2009-07-05 14:08

The French agency investigating the crash of a Yemenia Airways flight to the Comoros says a submarine taking part in the search has picked up signals from the aircraft's two black boxes.

Airline 'under surveillance'

2009-07-03 10:27

France's transport minister has warned that Yemenia will have to make "very big efforts" in order to avoid being put on a blacklist.

Teen clung to debris for 13hrs

2009-07-02 08:03

The survivor of a Yemeni jetliner crash, who clung to wreckage for 13 hours, is asking for little - except for a chance to see her mom.

Airline denounces 'false info'

2009-07-01 14:12

Yemen's national carrier insists it has a strict policy to ensure fleet maintenance and has denounced speculation of technical problems.

Second child may have survived crash

2009-07-01 12:16

A second child may have survived the Comoros jet crash and a hospital was put on alert to treat the victim, doctors say.

Crashed jet's black box located

2009-07-01 10:08

One of the black box flight recorders from the Yemenia jet which crashed off the Comoros has been located and efforts to retrieve it are set to start.

Child survives plane crash

2009-06-30 13:37

Rescuers found a child survivor of a Yemeni airliner that crashed off the coast of the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros, an official says.

Plane crash survivor found

2009-06-30 11:26

A survivor has been found at the site where a Yemeni passenger plane crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros.

Plane crashes in sea off Comoros

2009-06-30 07:46

An Airbus A310-300 from Yemen with 153 people on board has crashed into choppy seas as it tried to land on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros.

 

Comoros plane crash - 27 rescued

2012-11-27 18:18

Rescue workers have pulled 27 survivors from an aircraft that plunged into the Indian Ocean on take-off from the Comoros Islands' main airport.

Muslim leader jailed for bribe over booze

2012-01-03 22:30

The Comoros has jailed one of the Indian Ocean archipelago's top Muslim clerics for attempting to bribe a government official into lifting a ban on alcohol, judicial sources say.

Comoros president vows to fight graft

2011-05-26 21:13

The new Comoros President Ikililou Dhoinine has promised to fight graft on the coup-prone Indian Ocean archipelago.

Comoros expels poll potion witch doctor

2010-12-23 22:00

The Comoros has expelled a Tanzanian witch doctor suspected of having been hired to rig weekend elections with his magic.

Comoros eyes end to crisis with polls

2010-11-05 13:30

The Comoros is set to begin an electoral process meant to stabilise the coup-prone Indian Ocean archipelago by replacing the federation’s overstaying president.

Comoros 1st round vote delayed

2010-09-28 21:13

The first round of the Comoros presidential and governors' vote has been delayed by "some weeks", the AU representative in the small Indian Ocean island has said.

Comoros crisis talks stumble

2010-05-26 12:26

Talks to resolve a political crisis in the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros over the extension of the president’s term have foundered, officials say.

100s protest against Comoros leader

2010-04-09 13:29

Hundreds of protesters have demonstrated in the Comoros island of Moheli against the extension of the term of the Indian archipelago’s president.

Comoros polls open

2009-12-06 14:27

Voters in the Indian Ocean state of the Comoros have gone to the polls for a legislative election that could determine President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi's chances of extending his tenure.

Crash: Black box found

2009-08-28 11:22

The flight data recorder from the Airbus A310 operated by Yemenia Airlines that crashed off the Comoros, killing 152 people, has been found, an official says.

Crash: Families visit Comoros

2009-07-13 12:21

At least 150 family members of those who died on Yemenia Airways Flight 626 are flying to the Comoros Islands aboard a chartered French airline.

Crash victims' bodies found

2009-07-09 15:07

The remains of suspected victims of the Yemeni airliner crash have been found by fishermen off the Comoros island, officials say.

Search for plane debris widens

2009-07-08 16:01

The search for wreckage and remains from a plane that plunged into the Indian Ocean has widened from the Comoros Islands to Tanzania, officials say.

Plane crash: 8 bodies found

2009-07-08 08:47

Eight bodies that have washed ashore in Tanzania may be from a plane that plunged into the Indian Ocean with 153 people onboard, Yemeni authorities say.

Comoros: Search for plane on

2009-07-07 14:14

A Comoran official says little debris and no bodies from the crashed Yemenia Airways plane have been found, but predicts that will change once the plane's boxes are found.

'No fault' on crashed plane

2009-07-06 09:02

Yemen's aviation chief says a tape of contact between a plane which crashed off the Comoros and Moroni airport's control tower did not indicate any faults.

Jet crash: Debris found

2009-07-04 19:25

Search crews have located a large piece of debris from a Yemeni jet that crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros islands.

No bodies from Comoros crash

2009-07-02 22:09

Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi says rescuers have yet to recover any bodies from the site of the Yemenia plane crash.

Miracle of teen's survival

2009-07-01 21:22

Bahia Bakari clung to debris, barely able to swim, after being thrown from the Yemeni jet that crashed into the Indian Ocean.

Angry youths block Paris flight

2009-07-01 13:11

Comoran youths have staged a protest at Paris's main airport over flight conditions between France and their home islands after a Yemeni jet crash.

Miracle survivor 'doing well'

2009-07-01 11:24

A girl who is the only known survivor of a Yemeni jet crash could barely swim but managed to hang on long enough for rescuers to find her, her father says.

Yemen airline was scrutised

2009-06-30 16:04

The European Commission was investigating safety standards at Yemenia Airways and almost put the company on its blacklist of unsafe airlines, according to an EU legal document.

'Numerous faults' on crashed jet

2009-06-30 12:12

Inspectors noted faults on the Yemenia jet that crashed and the company was being closely monitored, says France's transport minister.

Jet crash: Bodies, debris found

2009-06-30 09:14

Officials say some bodies have been recovered from a Yemeni Airbus A310-300 that crashed into the sea off the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros.

Passenger jet disappears near Comoros

2009-06-30 07:10

An Airbus A310 operated by the Yemeni state carrier Yemenia Air has disappeared between Yemen and Comoros.

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