Capital: Moroni (on Ngazija Island)

The population is mixed. Africans, Arabs, and Malaysians predominate. The dominant ethnic group is the Antaloatra. The official languages are French and Arabic.

Religion

The majority of the population (98%) are Sunni Muslims, Islam is the state religion, and about 2,000 Catholics.
Type of government: military dictatorship

Local and regional authorities

The Comoros consists of three large islands: Ngazija (Grand Comore) with a population of 280,000 people, Njuani (Anjouan) with a population of 210,000 people and Mwali (Mohsli) with 35,000 people. Although each island is a relative autonomy, with its own governor and council, together they form a limited type of federation. The President appoints the governors, and the federal Government is responsible for the island's resources.

Political history

The Comoros Islands - Grand Comora, Aizhuana, Moheli and Mayotte Island - became a French colony in 1912. In 1914, they were annexed to Madagascar. In 1947, the Comoros separated from Madagascar and became an overseas territory of France. Internal self-government began in 1961, and in 1974, a referendum on independence was held on four islands. The first three islands voted for independence. In July 1975 They separated from France unilaterally, but maintained close ties with it by signing a pact on defense and financial assistance.

The Comoros was admitted to the United Nations in 1975, headed by its first President, Ahmed Abdullah Abdereman. However, fr. Mayotte, whose residents did not support the issue of independence, remained a French territory. In August 1975, as a result of a coup led by Ali Sallih, Abdullah was deposed and the Federal Assembly was dissolved. As a result, relations with France deteriorated. Sallich became president and expanded his powers.

In 1978, Sallih was killed, presumably by a mercenary working for Abdullah. Due to these changes, diplomatic relations with France were restored. In 1979, the Comoros became a one-party State, and the power of the federal Government greatly increased. In the same year, a plan was foiled by British mercenaries to assassinate Abdullah. In 1984, he was re-elected president, and the following year the constitution was amended, according to which the post of prime minister was eliminated, and Abdullah became the head of government and the entire state. In 1989, he was killed by rebel soldiers.
After several months of political uncertainty, when the country was led by Europeans, democracy was restored in 1990, and Said Mohammed Dzhokhar, the former president of the Supreme Court, became head of state. He sought to create a government of national unity, but faced coup attempts in 1991 and 1992. His administration and the third Transitional Government formed in July 1992 were unstable.

Multiparty legislative elections were held in November 1992 and ended with no party winning a majority of seats, but in December 1993, the Association for Democratic Reconstruction (EFA) took a controlling position, and its leader, Mohamed Abdu Madi, became Prime Minister. In October 1994, he was replaced by Khalifa Humadi. Faced with criticism from his administration, Humadi resigned in April 1995 and was succeeded by Kaabi el Yahruti Mohammed. In September 1995
, President Dzhokhar, whose ratings began to plummet, was overthrown by mercenaries led by Colonel Beth Denard, a former French sailor. Denard was behind the coups of 1975 and 1978.. The new government was formed in December 1997, headed by Nurdin Voorkhan, but was dissolved in May 1998 after an anti-government riot. Meanwhile, in August 1997,

The breakaway cabinet members began forming their own governments on the islands of Anjouan and Moheli, which had long demanded independence.

The attempt to capture Anjouan by military forces failed. In November 1998, President Taki died of a heart attack at the age of 62, and pending the election, the head of the Constitutional Court and former Prime Minister, Majadeen Bin Said Massond, became interim President. He appointed Abbas Jussif, the leader of the Forum Party, the main opposition party in the Federal Assembly, as Prime Minister. Jussuf replaced Nurdin Burkhap, who resigned from his post in May 1998 and began forming a government of national unity, which included, in addition to members of the NOR and two ministers, representatives from Anjuan and Moheli.

In February 1999, OLE sent peacekeepers to Anjouan to facilitate negotiations between the warring parties. Two months later, on April 25, 1999, a peace treaty was signed in Madagascar through the mediation of the OAU, reconciling Anjouan and Moheli. According to the agreement, they received autonomy, and within a year they must form executive and legislative bodies. The Federation should be called the Union of the Comoros. However, five days later, on April 30, 1999, a peaceful coup took place in the country, the 18th in a row in 25 years. Three days of protest followed from the opposition, which opposed the April 25 agreement.

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