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16/01/2010

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1277

BUSINESS CIRCLES

Bashar Kiwan, forum funder

Bashar Kiwan, the owner of the company Comoro Gulf Holding (CGH), is currently one of the largest donors to the regime in the Comoros of President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi. (...) [150 words] [4€]

16/01/2010

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1277

POLITICS & POWER

Army attitude investigated

President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi initially stayed silent in the face of accusations of brutality by the Armée Nationale de Développement (AND) when it repressed the post-election unrest on 21 and 22 December in the Sima region on the island of Anjouan. (...) [267 words] [4€]

16/01/2010

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1277

POLITICS & POWER/BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Moroni

Now that his partisans are the dominant force in Parliament of the Union of the Comoros and the Councils of the autonomous islands of Ngazidja and Anjouan, President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi wants to confirm the extension of his presidential mandate on a transitional basis until 2013. (...) [123 words] [1.3€]

25/12/2009

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1276

POLITICS & POWER

A worrying election victory

The second round of voting for the Assembly of the Union of the Comoros, held on 20 December, was a resounding victory for the movement of President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi in Anjouan. (...) [368 words] [4€]

12/12/2009

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1275

POLITICS & POWER

Sambi looks like winning his gamble

Although the official results have not yet been announced, the first round of the poll for the National Assembly of the Union and the three Island Councils on 6 December, placed the political movement of Ahmed Abdallah Sambi in pole position for a resounding victory in the second round of voting, to take place on 20 December. (...) [371 words] [4€]

28/11/2009

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1274

POLITICS & POWER

Army chief stands up to Sambi

General Salim Amir, chief of the general chief of the Armée Nationale de Développement (AND), does not take matters of hierarchy and military discipline lightly. (...) [278 words] [4€]

14/11/2009

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1273

BUSINESS CIRCLES

Sambi stands up to Bashar Kiwan

In general, the chairman of Comoro Gulf Holding (CGH), Bashar Kiwan, calls the shots in the Comoros, where he has a real hold over the government of the Union and on the President, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi. (...) [248 words] [4€]

17/10/2009

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1271

BUSINESS CIRCLES

Cash crops collapse

According to a report recently produced by the Banque Centrale des Comores (BCC) on the state of the economic and financial situation in the Comoros in the first half of 2009, vanilla production suffered this year due to the forest fires in 2008 which destroyed 60 hectares in one of the zones of production. (...) [315 words] [4€]

03/10/2009

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1270

POLITICS & POWER

Sambi the king of spin

During his speech broadcast on both radio and television on 19 September, President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi was very pleased about the discovery of olivine deposits in the south of Ngazidja and bauxite on the heights of Anjouan. (...) [177 words] [4€]

03/10/2009

THE INDIAN OCEAN NEWSLETTER n°1270

BUSINESS CIRCLES/COMPANIES

Comoro Islands Airline

The new airline in the Comoros specialising in flights between the various islands in the archipelago should make its first flight this week. (...) [163 words] [1.3€]

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