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Topic: Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim


  
  Comoros HISTORY
On 22 October, 'Abdallah, the only candidate, was elected president with a reported 99.94% of the valid votes.
'Abdallah was reelected unopposed with 99.4% of the vote in September 1984.
Another coup was attempted a year later and involved the president of the Supreme Court Ibrahim Ahmed Halidi, who announced that he was dismissing President Djohar and assuming the role of president.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Africa/Comoros-HISTORY.html   (2334 words)

  
 History of Comoros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Under the reign of Abdallah, Denard was commander of the Presidential Guard (PG) and de facto ruler of the country, trained, supported and funded by the white regimes in South Africa (SA) and Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in return to the permission to set up a secret listening station on the islands.
Their response was a (third) coup and the death of President Abdallah in which Denard and his men were probably involved.
In May 2006, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi was elected from the island of Anjouan to be the president of the Union of Comoros.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Comoros   (1357 words)

  
 Comoros - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Comoros
Abdallah's use of mercenaries in his return to power led to the Comoros' expulsion from the Organization of African Unity (OAU; later African Union).
In November 1989, Abdallah was assassinated during an attack on the presidential palace led by a French mercenary, Col Bob Denard, who had also been behind the coups of 1975 and 1978.
Nzwani, the second largest of the three-island group, seceded in August, with Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim as leader and self-declared president, after months of protest, civil unrest, and clashes with security forces.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Comoros   (1049 words)

  
 Africa Watch Anjouan: A Spat in the Indian Ocean - African Security Review Vol 7, No. 3, 1998
Abdallah was eventually succeeded as head of state by Ali Soilih, whose brief term was marked by hostility towards France, particularly after February 1996, when Mayotte voted by a majority of 99,4 per cent in favour of continued French rule.
Indeed, on 27 September Ibrahim Abdallah announced that his administration intended to hold a referendum before the conference was held to demonstrate the popular support for their actions.
Abdallah Ibrahim asked that the OAU conference be postponed until 10 November, and indicated to the Secretary General that the despatch of military observers to Anjouan would not be appropriate at present.
www.iss.co.za /Pubs/ASR/7No3/AfricaWatch.html   (5440 words)

  
 Comoros
Internal self-government was attained in 1961, but full independence was not achieved until 1975 because of Mayotte's reluctance to sever links with France.
In 1984 he was re-elected president, and in the following year the constitution was amended, abolishing the post of prime minister and making Abdallah head of government as well as head of state.
Nzwani, the second largest of the three-island group, seceded in August, with Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim as leader and self-declared president, after months of protest, civil unrest, and clashes with security forces.
www.x-stream.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019715.html   (1165 words)

  
 CNN - Militias fighting on Comoros' rebel island - December 8, 1998
The Comoran government said it had sent a ship from Grand Comore to evacuate dozens of children from the island in the Indian Ocean nation, off the east coast of Africa.
Omar is demanding the resignation of the island's secessionist president, Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim, who escaped a second assassination attempt in just over a week on Saturday.
Foundi led the secession movement on the islands of Anjouan and Moheli last year, saying mismanagement by political leaders on Grand Comore had brought poverty and political chaos.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/africa/9812/08/comoros.01/index.html   (356 words)

  
 BBC News | Africa | Breakaway capital captured
Mr Foundi, who is seeking full independence from the Comoros, unilaterally declared independence for Anjouan last year, while Mr Chamassi is calling for a return to rule by France, the former colonial power.
Mr Foundi and Mr Chamassi both originally advocated a return to French rule, along the lines of the nearby island of Mayotte.
But Mr Foundi has since decided to press for full independence, saying that a return to French administration was not feasible.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/africa/230148.stm   (431 words)

  
 FLAGS - PEOPLES
13-7-98.- Supporters of leader Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim foiled an attempt to take over the leadership of the secessionist government on Anjouan island in the Comoros, witnesses said.
The coup bid, led by former Comoros army chief of staff Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Hazi, was aborted Saturday when thousands of Ibrahim's backers confronted Hazi and his supporters in the center of Mutsamudu, the Anjouan capital.
Chamassi was accused of leading a faction calling for a return to French rule, which ended when the Comoros declared themselves independent in 1975.
www.ctv.es /USERS/jolle/people16.htm   (2707 words)

  
 CNN - Fighting subsides in Comoros - December 8, 1998
Anjouan residents said between 40 and 60 people had been killed in machine-gun and artillery battles in the narrow streets of Mutsamudu's old town.
The Comoran government said it had sent a ship from Grand Comore -- the archipelago's main island -- to evacuate dozens of children from Anjouan.
Foundi led the secession movement on the islands of Anjouan and Moheli in August 1997, saying mismanagement by political leaders on Grand Comore had brought poverty and political chaos.
www.cnn.com /WORLD/africa/9812/08/comoros.02/index.html   (395 words)

  
 A History of Africa, Chapter 9, Part 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
At this point, his rule was only over the islands of Njazidja and Mwali, but Nzwani's government collapsed in August 1999, forcing its first president, 80-year-old Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim, to resign.
General Ibrahim Abboud overthrew Sudan's parliamentary regime in a bloodless coup (1958), but he could not keep the insurgents from organizing a guerrilla army, the Anya Nya, and they spread their rebellion from Equatoria to the other two Christian provinces, Upper Nile and Bahr al-Ghazal.
This got to the point that when he was overthrown in August 1985 by another general, Ibrahim Babangida, most were glad to see him go.
xenohistorian.faithweb.com /africa/af09a.html   (16629 words)

  
 BBC News | Africa | Fighting in Comoros
Reports from the Comoros Islands say that fighting has broken out on the breakaway island of Anjouan between supporters of the island's leader, Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim, and those of his rival, Colonel Ahmed Mohammed Hazi.
A correspondent for the BBC on the island says shooting started early this morning, and was still going on two hours later.
On Sunday, supporters of Colonel Ahmed Mohammed Hazi -- who's a former senior army officer -- attempted to oust Mr Ibrahim.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/132236.stm   (116 words)

  
 Countries Ci-Co
Abdallah bin Saidi Hamza (1st time) *1874* Mohamed bin Ahmed (2nd time) 18..
1842) 1837 - 1852 Salim bin Alawi 1852 - 2 Feb 1891 Saidi Abdallah bin Salim (b.
Castaing (acting for Ormières) President 5 Aug 1997 - 1 Aug 1999 Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim (b.
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 Comoros
6 Jul 1975 - 3 Aug 1975 Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane (b.
26 Dec 1972 - 6 Jul 1975 Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane (s.a.) UDC
24 Sep 2001 - 25 Sep 2001 Ahmed Aboubacar Foundi
www.worldstatesmen.org /Comoros.html   (1634 words)

  
 (Left Shoe News, Archives 1998)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
His door was broken down when he was arrested, he was blindfolded and held incommunicado for days, not allowed bail and later appeared in court with a fl eye and bruises.
The ISA allows police to arrest any person considered to "be acting in a manner prejudicial to the security of Malaysia" They can be questioned for up to 60 days and then kept in detention when the Minister signs an order, which can be renewed every two years.
Shi'ite leader Ibrahim El-Zak Zaky faces charges in the northern city of Kaduna for inciting dissent after riots last month in which three people were killed.
www.hraicjk.org /archives2.html   (18449 words)

  
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The head of the US group Forbes and Company recently complained privately of the extreme diplomatic prudence of the US State Department on the Comoros Islands question.
In the exuberant victory of the "Yes" vote in Anjouan Island's referendum on self-determination on October 26, island chairman Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim designated an interim government with six ministers and seven secretaries of state.
The executive secretary of Madagascar's technical secretariat for privatization, Thierry Rajaona, is believed to be on the point of being fired by the Malagasy government.
www.africaintelligence.com /ps/AN/Arch/ION/ION_785.asp   (873 words)

  
 Africanews - 14L
Comoro's President Mohamed Taki freed three leaders of the riots by Angry followers secessionist movement after on Anjoun Comoro's radio reported on August 3, island, this year.
The respected 75 year old religious leader Foundi Abdallah lieutenants, Mr Charikane Ibrahim and two of his Ahmed and Mr Toibib, were detained last July 29 and Ali set free late July 2.
The Kenya police have detained more than 350 Rwandese Hutu's in a crack down launched after a visit to Nairobi by Rwandan strongman General paul Kagame, a Rwandese source told AFP.
web.peacelink.it /afrinews/17_issue/p12.html   (1028 words)

  
 Killing other Muslims   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Police have arrested a number of students from the islamic Chhatra Shibir which is a wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami political party.
Muhammad Metin Kaplan, leader of a fundamentalist group within Hilafet Devleti ("Islamic State") has been charged with forming a terrorist organization, to wipe out critics and defectors and ordering the murder of his rival- Halil Ibrahim Sofu was shot to death in Berlin in May 1997.
The president, Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim, has escaped his second assassination attempt in a week.
www.hraicjk.org /killing_other_muslims.html   (12662 words)

  
 flag of Anjouan (Comoros) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
As we have heard, however, the latest development is that a separatist president and a 13 member government has been appointed for Anjouan.
On Sunday, the secessionist leader and newly appointed president Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim said: «Our demand is for separation, nothing less.» Nevertheless, Reuters reported that the demand was for separation from the Comoros and return to French rule.
This would explain why they fly the tricolour.
www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/km-nz.html   (1480 words)

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