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	Azali Assoumani - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Azali Assoumani (born January 1, 1959) was a president of the Comoros.
		Azali was born in 1959 at Mitsoudjé in south-western Grande Comore.
		During this period the FCD was again (temporarily) defeated by Denard's mercenaries in 1995 and routed in its attempt to invade Anjouan in 1997.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Azali_Assoumani (295 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: President of Comoros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Interim president because Azali resigned his position to run in the 14 April 2002 presidential elections.
		Azali elected president with 75% of the vote in the 14 April 2002 elections.
		The result was a victory for opponents of the President of the Comoros, Azali Assoumani.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/President-of-Comoros (522 words)

	Politics of Comoros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Union of the Comoros, known as the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros until 2003, is ruled by Colonel Azali Assoumani.
		Bowing somewhat to international criticism, Azali appointed a civilian Prime Minister, Bainrifi Tarmidi, in December 1999; however, Azali retained the mantle of Head of State and army Commander.
		Elections were held in 2004 where federal president Azali suffered a major setback by only winning 6 of the 18 seats in the National assembly, the other going to the supporters of the presidents of the semi-autonomous islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Comoros (877 words)

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		In April1999 - Massounde ousted in a coup led by the chief of the General Staff, Col Azali Assoumani.
		In May 2002 - Mze Abdou Soule Elbak is elected island president of Grande Comore, also the base of Azali Assoumani, the overall ruler of the reunited Comoros.
		Born on the island of Grande Comore in 1959, Colonel Azali Assoumani assumed power in a coup in April 1999 in the wake of a violent backlash against people originating from the breakaway island of Anjouan.
	www.greatestcities.com /users/cbray5003/274401.html?mode=reply (990 words)

	History of Comoros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Union of Comoros is ruled by former Army Col. President Azali Assoumani.
		When Azali took power he also pledged to step down in 2000 and relinquish control to a democratically elected president.
		Instead, in 2001, Azali resigned from the military and ran as a civilian candidate for the national president.
	www.historyofnations.net /africa/comoros.html (506 words)

	Assoumani pledges to uphold constitutional term limit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In an exclusive interview with PANAPRESS at the end of a four-day visit to Senegal at the weekend, Assoumani explained that he had decided not to renege on an earlier promise to leave power at the end of his current mandate, even though the possibility existed for such endeavour.
		Assoumani came to power in a military coup in 1999, then got elected for a four-year term in 2002.
		Speaking on the road ahead for Comoro Islands when he leaves power, Assoumani said he would advise his successor to consolidate national unity and continue to stick to a negotiated settlement in the Mayotte independence issue.
	www.panapress.com /freenews.asp?code=eng107185&dte=07/03/2006 (270 words)

	afrol News: Azali Assoumani wins Comoro elections
		According to provisional results announced by the head of the transitional government, Prime Minister Hamada Madi Bolero, Colonel Assoumani had obtained 75 percent of the votes cast on Sunday in the three islands forming the new Comoro Union.
		Colonel Assoumani has however plaid a key role in achieving reconciliation with the secessionist government of Anjouan island, leading to the establishment of the Comoro Union.
		Assoumani had stepped down from presidency in January to be able to participate in these elections.
	www.afrol.com /News2002/com006_elections4.htm (690 words)

	Africast Global Africa Network- News
		DAKAR, March 02 -- The President of the Comoro Islands, Assoumani Azali, is expected in Senegal Thursday on a four-day official visit, the presidency said in a statement here Wednesday.
		Azali and his Senegalese host President Abdoulaye Wade will hold private discussions followed by a State dinner Thursday.
		Azali will later meet members of the Comoran community in Dakar and hold the second round of talks with Wade.
	news.africast.com /africastv/article.php?newsID=58014 (150 words)

	Comoros Info - Bored Net - Boredom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Colonel Azali Assoumani seized power in a bloodless coup in April 1999, overthrowing Interim President Tadjiddine Ben Said Massounde, who himself had held the office since the death of democratically elected President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim in November, 1998.
		In May 1999, Azali decreed a constitution that gave him both executive and legislative powers.
		On February 17, 2000, representatives of the government, the Anjouan separatists, the political opposition, and civil society organizations signed a "Framework Accord for Reconciliation in Comoros," brokered by the Organization for African Unity (OAU).
	www.borednet.com /e/n/encyclopedia/c/co/comoros.html (675 words)

	Inter Press Service News Agency
		The meeting is aimed at committing President Azali Assoumani and representatives of the country's three autonomous islands to implement a memorandum they agreed on in South Africa four months ago.
		Assoumani has been accused of trying to sabotage the talks by arresting the Minister of Finance for Grande Comore, Younoussa Assoumani, on corruption charges just days before the meeting started.
		Assoumani became president of the union in 2002.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/print.asp?idnews=21656 (781 words)

	Beeld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Azali Assoumani, wat sy mag in die volgende maande moet prysgee soos vereis deur art.
		Onlangs het Azali se party, die Kongres vir die Hernuwing van die Comore (Convention pour le Renouveau des Comores of CRC) dié magsrotering, wat in 2006 tot die verkiesing van 'n Anjouanese president vir die unie moet lei, begin bespreek.
		Anjouanese politici verdink die unie-regering en vir Azali daarvan dat hulle met "geheime aksies" besig is wat 'n klimaat van wantroue skep.
	www.news24.com /Beeld/In-Diepte/0,,3-67_1737240,00.html (1001 words)

	President Of Comoros, Comoros
		When Azali took power he had pledged to step down in 2000 and relinquish control to a democratically elected...
		The Union of Comoros is an emerging democracy ruled by President Azali Assoumani, who took power in a coup in April 1999 and subsequently was elected in April 2002 presidential elections described by international observers as free and fair.
		The Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros is ruled by Colonel Azali Assoumani, who took power in a coup in April 1999.
	creekin.net /k8583-n43-president-of-comoros-comoros.html (1160 words)

	Assoumani suffers setback in national assembly poll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		JOHANNESBURG, 28 Apr 2004 (IRIN) - Federal President Azali Assoumani suffered a setback in parliamentary elections held at the weekend when parties aligned to the archipelego's three regional presidents gained the majority of seats in the national assembly.
		Following run-off elections for the federal assembly on Sunday, supporters of the presidents of the three semi-autonomous islands hold 12 of the 18 elected seats in parliament, against six for the federal president's party.
		Local political analyst Abdorahim Said Bacar said Assoumani's defeat at the polls was likely to weaken the central government, but he would still retain the federal presidency under the three-year rotating system for holding the office.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=40804 (617 words)

	Comoros
		The Congress agreed on a new constitution in which Azali would remain Head of State, but daily government administration would be handled by the civilian Prime Minister and the Council of State, which would act as both a legislature and constituent assembly.
		Although the official reason for the action was a lack of resources, opposition critics accused Azali of punishing certain judges for questioning government policies and participating in a strike by judges and court personnel.
		By year's end, the OAU was mediating negotiations between the Government and the on the provisions of the new constitution and a timetable for elections in 2001; however, it remained unclear whether the representatives from Anjouan would participate in or accept any agreement resulting from the negotiations.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/index.cfm?docid=838 (5299 words)

	Comoros president 'won't run' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Instead, at Azali's direction, the government has prepared electoral legislation that keeps to the rotating presidency which is to be held consecutively by residents of the archipelago's main islands, they said.
		He said Azali had not signed off on the initial draft, which had been proposed by his supporters without his knowledge.
		The initial draft had said the head of state was eligible for re-election after a first four-year term meaning that Azali, who came to power in a 1999 coup and was elected president in April 2002, could have run again in 2006.
	www.news24.com /News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1695398,00.html (422 words)

	IOL: Comorans vote to give president grand defeat
		Moroni - President Azali Assoumani of the Union of the Comoros suffered a crushing defeat in legislative polls held in the Indian Ocean islands at the weekend, according to provisional results released on Monday by the electoral commission.
		A vast majority was won by supporters of the islands' own presidents, who saw the elections as a battle for their autonomy, which they accuse Azali's federal governement of trying to undermine.
		The polls are designed to deliver stability to a very poor country that has suffered 19 coups or attempted coups since it won independence from France in 1975, stability that is seen as crucial to any chances of sustainable development.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?click_id=87&art_id=qw1079960940101B256&set_id=1 (638 words)

	Reporters sans frontières - Comoros - 2003 Annual Report
		In March 2002, the outgoing president, Col. Assoumani Azali, was elected president of the new union.
		This was demonstrated on the morning of 14 June when, in the middle of trial of strength with the president of the newly-created regional government of Grande Comore island, Col. Azali suddenly deployed troops around a number of public buildings in the capital, Moroni, including the national radio station.
		The power struggle between Col. Azali and Grande Comore’s regional president, Abdou Soulé Elbak, caused the situation to deteriorate further several weeks later when, on 28 August, there were clashes between the army and around 100 of President Elbak’s supporters.
	www.rsf.org /article.php3?id_article=6408 (332 words)

	Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2001 - Comoros (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Under the terms of the new Constitution, President Azali had 7 days to decide to either lead the transitional government until elections in March 2002 or to stand in the elections himself; however, by year's end, he had neither stepped down from office nor withdrawn from the March 2002 election.
		In March the head of Azali's political party sued the Comoros Gazette for libel after it published excerpts from party communiques; the suit was settled out of court in April.
		Under the terms of the new Constitution, President Azali had 7 days to decide to either lead the transitional government until elections in March 2002 or to stand in the elections himself; however, by year's end, he did not step down from office or withdraw from the March 2002 election.
	www.usemb.se /human/2001/africa/comoros.html (5779 words)

	Azali démissionne pour se représenter : Azali démissionne pour se représenter - Les Comores - Afrique
		Le président Azali Assoumani a démissionné ce jeudi, prenant tous ses adversaires de court.
		A son opposition qui lui demandait de quitter ses fonctions après le référendum en décembre dernier, Azali a réservé trois surprises.
		Le colonel Azali Assoumani était lui-même arrivé au pouvoir lors d’un coup d’Etat en avril 1999.
	www.afrik.com /article3900.html (460 words)

	afrol News - Legitimacy of Comoro elections disputed
		"Colonel Azali Assoumani, who won the largest number of votes, is elected president of the Union of the Comoros," Soulaimana read out the official statement.
		The flawed 14 April elections were the last in a row of polls where the Indian Ocean archipelago was to transfer itself into a new Comoro Union, based on democracy and autonomous rule in the three islands Grande Comore, Anjouan and Moheli.
		Assoumani only stepped down in January this year to be eligible in the April presidential poll.
	www.afrol.com /News2002/com007_election_protest.htm (728 words)

	Comoros, the. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		As violence spread to the main island, the Comoran military staged a coup in Apr., 1999, and Col. Azali Assoumani became president of the Comoros.
		In Jan., 2002, Azali resigned, and Prime Minister Hamada Madi became also interim president in the transitional government preparing for new elections.
		An accord in Dec., 2003, concerning the division of powers between the federal and island governments paved the way for legislative elections in 2004, in which parties favoring autonomy for the individual islands won a majority of the seats.
	www.bartleby.com /65/co/Comoros.html (775 words)

	Africa Cases 2003
		Radio Ngazidja is the official radio station of Grande Comore (also known as Ngazidja), which is administered semiautonomously by its own president under the terms of the country's 2002 constitution.
		Grande Comore is also the seat of the Comorian central government, led by President Azali Assoumani, which oversees all three islands.
		Local journalists told CPJ that Aït-Habbouche had planned to film demonstrations by RIDJA supporters the day he was arrested, and that he may have been pre-emptively detained to restrict coverage of the protests.
	www.cpj.org /cases03/africa_cases03/comoros.html (434 words)

	Comoro president arrives for state visit
		The president of the Comoro Islands, Azali Assoumani, arrived in the country yesterday for a five-day state visit.
		Assoumani is the first foreign head of state to visit Tanzania since President Kikwete came to power in December.
		After his arrival, President Assoumani received a 21-gun salute as the national anthems of the two countries were being played by the brass band.
	www.ippmedia.com /ipp/guardian/2006/03/30/63195.html (305 words)

	Africa Cases 2004
		Grande Comore, which is the largest of the country's three main islands, is administered by its own president under the terms of a 2002 federal constitution aimed at stabilizing the notoriously coup-prone island nation.
		Assoumani has met with repeated opposition from the islands' local governments, who accuse the head of state of trying to undermine their autonomy.
		Assoumani is locked in a power struggle with the islands' local governments, which accuse the head of state of trying to undermine their autonomy.
	www.cpj.org /cases04/africa_cases04/comoros.html (635 words)

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