Comoros President Azali Assoumani, who came to power in 1999 through a coup and has won four elections in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation since 2002, has denied he intends to hand over power to ...

By Abdou Moustoifa MORONI (Reuters) - (The Jan. 24 story said the president's comments confirmed accusations he had been grooming his son to take over. The story has been corrected to show the ...

President of the Comoros Azali Assoumani has publicly announced ... but previously said that Comoros – a group of three islands in the Indian Ocean, off East Africa – is not a monarchy.

MORONI (Reuters) - Comoros President Azali Assoumani has for the first time said ... Assoumani said on Thursday in a speech to supporters on the island of Moheli: "I will place my son to replace me as ...

In that interview, he pointed out that El Fath would be ineligible to run for president in 2029 under the constitution, which says the presidency must rotate among the Comoros' three islands every ...

The statement noted the president had previously rejected the idea of "family succession" and that his successor would have to come from Anjouan, one of Comoros' three main islands. According to ...

Azali Assoumani (centre) greets locals on the island of Anjouan in 2018, after Comoran armed forces took back control following a week of protests against changes to the constitution.

Comoros President sworn in for fourth term after disputed poll El Fath has yet to respond to the latest announcement, but previously said that Comoros – a group of three islands in the Indian Ocean, ...