Comoros Africa
Comoros
COUNTRY DESCRIPTION: The Union of the Comoros is a developing nation located in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa. Comoros consists of three islands, Ngazidja (also known as Grand Comore), Moheli, and Anjouan that cover about 900 square miles. Ngazidja is home to the capital city Moroni, and is the most developed of the three islands. Facilities for tourism are limited and telecommunication links are unreliable. French, Arabic, Swahili, and Comorian Creole are spoken. Read the Department of State Background Notes on the Union of Comoros for additional information. ... [Read More]
Africa
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Releases [Read More]
Africa
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Releases [Read More]
Comoros (06/05)
In a separate nod to pressure to fully restore civilian rule, the government organized several committees to compose a new constitution, including the August 2000 National Congress and November 2000 Tripartite Commission. The opposition parties initially refused to participate in the Tripartite Commission, but on February 17, 2001 representatives of the government, Anjouan separatists, the political opposition, and civil society organizations signed a "Framework Accord for Reconciliation in Comoros," brokered by the Organization for African Unity (OAU), now the African Union. The accord called for the creation of a new Tripartite Commission for National Reconciliation to develop a "New Comorian Entity" with a new constitution. Although the commission set June 2001 as its goal for completing the constitution and December 2001 for the national elections, disagreements over procedure and goals delayed completion of the draft constitution. On December 23, 2001, the draft constitution was a ... [Read More]
Comoros
[Read More]
Countries and Other Areas
Information about countries (including dependencies and areas of special sovereignty) under the Bureau of African Affairs is available through the clickable map below and through links in the navigation bar at left. The list is sorted alphabetically by short-form names. For long-form names, please refer to the Background Notes or see the list of Independent States of the World. Note that the Bureau of African Affairs deals with countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, not those in North Africa. ... [Read More]
Africa
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Releases [Read More]
Africa
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Releases [Read More]
Africa
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Releases [Read More]
Africa
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Releases [Read More]
|