http://heyafrica.com en-us News Search Results heyafrica.com Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:59:34 GMT http://getlara.com /africa/comoros/article/comoros-concerns-over-possible-social-unrest PORT LOUIS Friday, August 22, 2008 (IRIN) - High food and fuel prices may push Comoros to the brink of "social unrest" says a senior UN official. Hopes were raised in Comoros when the government ousted rebel leader Mohammed Bacar in a military operation in March 2008 to take control of Anjouan Island, and officials promised that the assault would bring long-awaited stability to the three-island archipelago in the Indian Ocean. But, rather than ending a painful history of coups, political... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:45 GMT /africa/comoros/article/comoros-concerns-over-possible-social-unrest /africa/comoros/article/comoros-cost-of-democracy-thwarts-development PORT LOUIS Wednesday, October 22, 2008 (IRIN) - The expense of maintaining democracy in Comoros is proving such a burden that the government is contemplating wholesale changes, possibly fomenting the very divisions its complex governance system was designed to thwart. The three-island state introduced the constitution in 2001 - a direct consequence of the islands of Moheli and Anjouan unilaterally declaring independence in 1997 - in a bid to end the cycle of coups and secession attempts that... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:47:44 GMT /africa/comoros/article/comoros-cost-of-democracy-thwarts-development