News : Comoros
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Island state hit by fuel shortages puts faith in IranOur monthly turnover has fallen from 10 million Comoran francs to 200,000 Comoran francs, grumbled Ali Mliva, an insurance company official who criticised the permanent incapacity of the government to solve ...
Source : Topix.net | 06-Aug-2008 03:03
Still no place to call home for Arab bidoon
Thousands of stateless Arab families known as bidoon hoped a bizarre application for citizenship of the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros might mean an end to their legal limbo.
Source : Topix.net | 31-Jul-2008 00:00
Still no place to call home for Arab bidoon
Thousands of stateless Arab families known as bidoon hoped a bizarre application for citizenship of the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros might mean an end to their legal limbo.
Source : Topix.net | 30-Jul-2008 05:17
Still no place to call home for Arab bidoon
Thousands of stateless Arab families known as bidoon hoped a bizarre application for citizenship of the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros might mean an end to their legal limbo.
Source : Topix.net | 28-Jul-2008 02:34
10 Bacar allies flee Comoros jail, head to Mayotte
The ten men from Bacar's inner circle escaped their jail Saturday night, hours after the former Anjouan president himself was expelled from the French island of Reunion to the west African state of Benin.
Source : Topix.net | 26-Jul-2008 14:34
New Money to Mitigate Disaster
In an effort to mitigate the negative impact of climate change, new funding by European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) will help bolster disaster risk reduction and community resilience in Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi and the Comoros.
Source : AllAfrica | 24-Jul-2008 18:30
SOUTHERN AFRICA: New money to mitigate disaster
JOHANNESBURG Thursday, July 24, 2008 (IRIN) - In an effort to mitigate the negative impact of climate change, new funding by European Commission's Humanitarian Aid department (ECHO) will help bolster disaster risk reduction and community resilience in Mozambique, Madagascar, Malawi and the Comoros.
Source : irinnews.org | 24-Jul-2008 18:10
AFRICA: Homophobia fuelling the spread of HIV
LIMBÉ Wednesday, July 23, 2008 (IRIN) - The persistent and increasing outbreaks of violence against members of the gay community in Africa are jeopardising efforts undertaken to combat HIV, both within this group and across the population as a whole, AIDS activists warned at a recent meeting in Limbé, Cameroon.
Source : irinnews.org | 23-Jul-2008 13:29
Ousted Comoros separatist in Benin, wants to stay
By Samuel Elijah Reuters Monday, July 21, 2008; 12:33 PM COTONOU - The deposed separatist leader of the breakaway Comorian island of Anjouan arrived in the West African country of Benin at the weekend and said ...
Source : Topix.net | 21-Jul-2008 19:52
GLOBAL: Could do better - tackling corruption in humanitarian intervention
NAIROBI Friday, July 18, 2008 (IRIN) - Humanitarian agencies should work harder and more closely together to minimise various forms of corruption that can affect the delivery of emergency aid and harm the reputation of agencies involved, according to a new report.
Source : irinnews.org | 18-Jul-2008 18:20
AFRICA: USA must improve aid balance - Refugees International
DAKAR Friday, July 18, 2008 (IRIN) - Imbalances between US spending on defence, diplomacy and development are affecting the USA?s ability to stabilise fragile and conflict-prone African countries, the US-based non-governmental organisation (NGO) Refugees International concludes in a new report.
Source : IRIN | 18-Jul-2008 11:50