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Comoros NEWS MEDIA
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 Background: Comoros has endured 19 coups or attempted coups since
gaining independence from France in 1975. In 1997, the islands
of Anjouan and Moheli declared independence from Comoros. In
1999, military chief Col. AZALI seized power. He pledged to
resolve the secessionist crisis through a confederal
arrangement named the 2000 Fomboni Accord. In December 2001,
voters approved a new constitution and presidential elections
took place in the spring of 2002. Each island in the
archipelago elected its own president and a new union
president took office in May 2002.
Population: 600,489.6
GDP
per capita: $644.54 per capita
Capital with population: Moroni (on Grande Comoro) - 23,432
Largest city with population: Moroni (on Grande Comoro) - 23,432
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is to provide services that support Africans and enhance
their active participation and connection in American society and in
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