Comoros has endured more than 20 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 in a bloodless coup, and helped negotiate the 2000 Fomboni Accords power-sharing agreement in which the federal presidency rotates among the three islands, and each island maintains its own local government. AZALI won the 2002 presidential election, and each island in the archipelago elected its own president. AZALI stepped down in 2006 and President SAMBI was elected to office. In 2007, BACAR effected Anjouan's de-facto secession from the Union, refusing to step down in favor of fresh Anjouanais elections when Comoros' other islands held legitimate elections in July. The African Union (AU) initially attempted to resolve the political crisis by applying sanctions and a naval blockade on Anjouan, but in March 2008, AU and Comoran soldiers seized the island. The move was generally welcomed by the island's inhabitants.
Titel: Udzima wa ya Masiwa
Bovenstaande gegevens zijn gedeeltelijk ontleend aan het CIA World Factbook 2006.
| 2009-12-06 | | In the first round of parliamentary elections, 3 of the 24 seats are won by candidates of the Presidential Movement. A second round is held on December 20 to allocate the remaining 21 seats, the Presidential Movement and its allies winning 17 (for a total of 20) and the opposition 4. Nine other seats will be allocated by the councils of the three islands. |
| 2008-07-07 | | Moussa Toybou takes office as president of Anjouan. |
| 2008-06-15 | | In presidential elections on Anjouan, Moussa Toybou wins 42.5% of the vote and Mohamed Djaanfari 42.3%; turnout is 42.8%. A runoff is held on June 29 and won by Toybou with 52.4% against 47.6% for Djaanfari; turnout is 49%. |
| 2008-03-25 | | The union army seizes control of Anjouan, toppling the island's renegade president, Mohamed Bacar. On March 26 Ikililou Dhoinine, one of the federation's vice presidents, is appointed as provisional leader of Anjouan until the formation of a transitional government. |
| 2007-07-01 | | Mohamed Ali Said is sworn in as president of Mohéli. |
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