Tension in Comoros after disputed vote

Tension in Comoros after disputed vote
Indian Ocean |Author: AFP | January 16, 2024, Tuesday @ 07:29| 519 views


Incumbent Comoros President and presidential candidate for the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) party, Azali Assoumani (C), leaves after casting his ballot at the Mitsudje public school polling station in Moroni on January 14, 2024. Comoran voters head to polling stations on January 14, 2024 to decide whether to hand a third-straight term to President Azali Assoumani, who has voiced confidence in securing re-election over a divided opposition on the Indian Ocean archipelago.
Assoumani, in power since 2016, extended his time in office through a controversial constitutional referendum in 2018 that removed presidential term limits.
(Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)

(AFP) - Political tension was running high in the Comoros on Monday, with violent incidents reported one day after the Indian Ocean island nation held a presidential vote.
http://m.seychellesnewsagency.com/view_news.php?id=19929

The archipelago is awaiting official results from Sunday's first round election, which is expected to show incumbent leader President Azali Assoumani with a comfortable lead.

Unrest erupts as Comoros opposition rejects presidential vote
Indian Ocean |Author: AFP | January 18, 2024, Thursday @ 07:42| 682 views


Comoros Police officers and Comoros soldiers patrol following an opposition demonstration in Moroni on January 17, 2024 following the announcement of the presidential elections. Azali Assoumani won re-election on January 16, 2024 in the first round of an already disputed presidential vote in the Comoros, an Indian Ocean island chain, dismissing a low turnout and allegations of fraud.
The January 14, 2024 poll was tainted by opposition claims of ballot rigging and voter apathy, but the head of the electoral commission Idrissa Said Ben Ahmada on Tuesday announced Assoumani had won 62.97 percent of the vote. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)

(AFP) - The Comoros declared a curfew on Wednesday after security forces clashed with protesters angered by the re-election of President Azali Assoumani in a vote opposition leaders denounced as fraudulent.
http://m.seychellesnewsagency.com/view_news.php?id=19944