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  History of Comoros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In March of 1996, following presidential elections, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, a member of the civilian government that Denard had tried to set up in October 1995, became president.
The government was overthrown in a coup by army and navy officers on August 9, 2001.
Mohamed Bacar soon rose to leadership of the junta that took over and by the end of the month he was the leader of the country.
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Comoros   (1002 words)

  
 Freedom in the World 1998-99: Comoros   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros, a tiny Indian Ocean islands nation, was shaken by the November death of President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim as it struggled with the continuing secession of Anjouan and Mohéli islands.
President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim has faced mounting internal unrest due to the deteriorating economy and mounting criticism of his handling of the Anjouan crisis.
Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, leader of the National Union for Democracy won the presidency in a runoff election with more than 60 percent of the vote.
www.freedomhouse.org /survey99/country/comoros.html   (808 words)

  
 A short history of the Comoros   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Abdullah is succeeded as president and leader of the UPC by Saïd Mohamed Djohar in 1989.
In 1996 Mohammed Taki Abdoulkarim, leader of the Union Nationale pour la Démocratie aux Comores (National Union for Democracy in the Comoros, UNDC) wins the presidential elections.
Taki dies in office in 1998 and is succeeded by interim president Tajiddine Ben Said Massounde.
www.electionworld.org /history/comoros.htm   (393 words)

  
 Background Notes Archive - Africa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
GOVERNMENT The present government of President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim was elected in March 1996 in internationally monitored elections that observers generally considered free and fair.
Principal Government Officials President--Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim Minister of Foreign Affairs--Said Omar Said Ahmed Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations--vacant Comoros maintains a mission to the United States at 336 E. 45th St., 2d floor, New York, NY 10017, tel.
While Taki appears to be far more popular and able than his predecessor, democratic institutions in Comoros are weak and political life will remain unstable until they are strengthened and the economy improves.
gopher.state.gov /ERC/bgnotes/af/comoros9607.html   (1483 words)

  
 Comoros Government Information
The present government of President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim was elected in March 1996 in internationally monitored elections that observers generally considered free and fair.
Taki's election followed a short-lived coup by foreign mercenaries in October 1995 that ousted then-President Said Mohamed Djohar.
The Taki government has taken several steps, including banning the sale of alcohol to Comorian residents, designed to appeal to the country's Islamic majority.
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 [10 Nov 1998] GA/9499 : ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS YEAR 2002 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MOUNTAINS, DEBATES ESTABLISHING 2001-2010 ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Abdoulkarim was a pious man. He extended his condolences on behalf of Africa and the world to the Government and people of that fraternal country and to his family.
Abdoulkarim and said that the Latin American and Caribbean Group wished to associate itself with the deserved tribute to the great statesman whose memory would always be recalled.
MOHAMED ABOUD MAHMOUD (Comoros) said that it was with great emotion that his delegation had listened to the tributes paid to its President.
www.un.org /News/Press/docs/1998/19981110.ga9499.html   (6144 words)

  
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Saïd Mohamed Djohar was elected president but, in September 1995, he also was killed in a coup led by the same mercenaries who had earlier assassinated Abdallah.
Under the newly elected president, Mohamed Abdoulkarim Taki, a new constitution was ratified and attempts were made to curtail government expenditures and increase revenues.
President Mohamed Taki died suddenly in November 1998 and was replaced by an interim president, Tadjiddine Ben Saïd Massounde.
www.worldsurface.com /browse/static.asp?staticpageid=55   (661 words)

  
 Comoros
In March 1996 Muhammad Taki Abdoulkarim (1936–98) was elected president and in May Tajiddine Ben Said Massonde was appointed prime minister.
In 1997 president Taki, whose government had lost control of two of the Comoros federation's three islands, ignored appeals from France and the Organization of African Unity to refrain from military intervention.
In the first presidential elections on the autonomous islands of Nzwani and Mwali, Mohamed Bacar was elected president of Nzwani with 70% of the vote and a run-off election a month later resulted in the election of Mohamed Said Fazul as president of Mwali.
www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0019715.html   (1060 words)

  
 1997 Human Rights Reports: Comoros   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, elected in March 1996, dissolved his government immediately following the confrontations in Anjouan and assumed full political powers, an act permitted by the Constitution, provided that new elections are held within 90 days.
Prior to the conclusion of the trial and sentencing, President Taki stated publicly that the trial process was unnecessarily slow and called for harsher punishments for criminals.
President Taki was elected in March 1996 in polling that international observers reported to be free and fair.
www.usemb.se /human/human97/comoros.html   (2274 words)

  
 Comoros. In: Amnesty International Report 1998
On 3 August a separatist movement on Anjouan island led by Said Mohamed Souef declared that it was no longer part of the Comoros islands, but rather part of the former colonial power, France.
Mohamed Sahali and Youssouf Hamadi spent a second year under sentence of death.
Amnesty International condemned the increasing use of the death penalty and reiterated its appeal to President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim to commute all death sentences and to abolish the death penalty.
www.amnestyusa.org /countries/comoros/document.do?id=C595C1EB1163F63380256A0F005C0288   (506 words)

  
 Politics of Comoros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Colonel Azali 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.
President Mohamed Bacar of Anjouan formed his 13-member government at the end of April, 2003.
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   (801 words)

  
 France: history   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
In January a new government was formed, headed by Mohammed Taki Abdoulkarim, leader of the National Union for Democracy in Comoros.
In July 1992, President Yohar dismissed Taki Abdoulkarim and his government, accusing him of appointing a former French mercenary to his cabinet.
A month after becoming president, Taki Abdoulkarim dissolved the National Assembly and called for new elections to be held on October 6.
gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=26   (1501 words)

  
 Taki Abdoulkarim, Mohamed --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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Algerian political leader Mohamed Boudiaf was a founder of the revolutionary National Liberation Front (FLN) and a hero of the Algerian war of independence (1954–62).
He broke with his former comrades-in-arms in the early 1960s, but he was unexpectedly recalled in 1992 after more than 27 years in exile to become Algeria's president.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9124098?tocId=9124098   (613 words)

  
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On behalf of the Mouvement pour la Paix et la Réconciliation (MPR), the former health minister, Mohamed Djama Elabe called on May 30 for the constitution of a united opposition front in order to create a "pacific and democratic alternative" to the present regime.
On his recent return from a mission to South Africa, with a view to securing a promise for the reopening of the South African Consulate in Moroni, the Comoros Islands foreign minister, Said Hassan Said Hachim, announced that the two countries had agreed mutually to receive ambassadors in the near future.
Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, who is responsible for government activities on the Comoros and leader of the UNDC, called on 30 May from France (where he is currently living) for a "yes" vote in the constitutional referendum scheduled for 7 June because he is "convinced that the future of the country lies solely in national reconciliation".
www.africaintelligence.com /ps/AN/Arch/ION/ION_530.asp   (1030 words)

  
 1996 Human Rights Report: Comoros   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
President Taki appointed a committee to draft a new constitution which was approved in a referendum in October.
Prior to the conclusion of the man's trial and sentencing, President Taki stated publicly that the trial process was unnecessarily slow and called for harsher punishments for criminals.
While legal discrimination exists in some areas, in general inheritance and property rights do not disfavor women; for example, the house the father of the bride traditionally provides to the couple at the time of their marriage remains her property even in the case of divorce.
www.usemb.se /human/1996/africa/comoros.html   (2322 words)

  
 TAKI   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
"TAKI" is a common misspelling or typo for: tacit, taco, take, taken, taker, taking, taxi.
Non-English Usage: "TAKI" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.
"TAKI" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English.
www.websters-online-dictionary.org /definition/TAKI   (566 words)

  
 1998 Human Rights Report - Comoros Country Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, elected in 1996, died in office on November 6.
Prior to the conclusion of the trial and sentencing, former President Taki stated publicly that the trial process was unnecessarily slow and called for harsher punishments for criminals.
Former President Taki was elected in 1996 in polling that international observers reported to be free and fair.
www.usemb.se /human/human1998/comoros.html   (2970 words)

  
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Deces du president - Le 6 novembre a l'aube, le president comorien Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim est decede a Moroni, a l'age de 62 ans, des suites d'une crise cardiaque, laissant l'archipel en proie a une crise secessionniste majeure.
President dies - Comoros President Mohammed Taki died on 6 November in the presidential palace in the capital, state radio announced.
Taki is the third president to die in office since the Indian Ocean archipelago became independent from France in 1975.
www.peacelink.it /africa/weekly/12_11_98   (8189 words)

  
 Freedom in the World 2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
An interim government ruled for five months until President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim was elected in 1996 in internationally monitored elections that were considered free and fair.
Comorians exercised their constitutional right to change their government democratically in open elections for the first time in the 1996 parliamentary and presidential elections.
Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim won the presidency in a runoff election with more than 60 percent of the vote.
www.freedomhouse.org /research/freeworld/2003/countryratings/comoros.htm   (897 words)

  
 AI REPORT 1997: Comoros (the Islamic Federal Republic of the)
President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim was elected in March.
They included Saidali Mohamed (also known as Rodin), who was sentenced to death in December.
In September, Amnesty International condemned the execution of Ali Youssouf and appealed to President Mohamed Taki to commute all death sentences.
www.amnesty.org /ailib/aireport/ar97/AFR21.htm   (517 words)

  
 THE COMOROS by Cyril PAHLAVI
The head of the interim government, Saïd Mohamed Djohar, was elected president in February 1990.
On the one hand President Taki took a stance of compromise by appointing as Prime Minister Nourdine Bourhane, who benefited from a favourable image in Anjouan.
It was in this tense context that President Taki died suddenly of a heart attack on the 6th of November 1998.
www.comores-online.com /mwezinet/histoire/comoros_pahlavi.htm   (7612 words)

  
 Comparative Criminology | Africa - Comoros
As outlined in the constitution, the Supreme Court president, Said Mohamed Djohar, became interim head of state, pending a presidential election.
According to plotters, the coup's purpose was "to ensure state security and to put in place a true democracy." Troops loyal to Djohar quickly crushed this coup attempt.
Colonel Hassan Harouna, a defense official in the government of former President Abdoulkarim, was arrested the same day and accused of organizing the coup in order to prevent the December 23 referendum.
www.rohan.sdsu.edu /faculty/rwinslow/africa/comoros.html   (3432 words)

  
 List of Presidents of Comoros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Azali elected president with 75% of the vote in the 14 April 2002 elections.
[1] BBC Article about the death of Taki
This page was last modified 18:50, 8 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Comoros   (329 words)

  
 [06 Nov 1998] SG/SM/6787 : SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP REGRET AT DEATH OF PRESIDENT OF COMOROS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The Secretary-General has learned with deep regret of the untimely passing of the Head of State of the Federal Islamic Republic of the Comoros, President Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim.
The Secretary-General wishes to pay tribute to the memory of President Abdoulkarim who, since his election to the presidency in the multi- party democratic polls of 16 March 1996, has ceaselessly worked towards the improvement of the economic, social and political life of the people of his country.
The Secretary-General expresses his hopes that this event will not be a cause of discouragement or a motive to foster division, but rather a catalyst for all Comorians to unite and seek a peaceful solution to the country's political problems.
www.un.org /news/Press/docs/1998/19981106.sgsm6787.html   (223 words)

  
 Comoros
He promptly replaced many ranking civil servants associated with the Djohar regime and believed to have been extremely corrupt.
At President Taki's request, France agreed to maintain a small troop presence in Comoros.
While Taki appears to be more popular and able than his predecessor, democratic institutions in Comoros are weak and political life will remain unstable until they are strengthened and the economy improves.
www.virtualsources.com /Countries/Africa%20Countries/Comoros.htm   (859 words)

  
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The thirty-three members of the Seychelles' national assembly interrupted the parliamentary session on April 17 after the Speaker of the House, Francis McGregor, announced that Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation would not be transmitting parliamentary debates in their entirety.
The release on May 10 of Mutsamudu opposition MP Ahmed Fouad Mohamed Ahmed and his brother Allaoui by the appeals court (ION N° 623) has strongly annoyed the Comoros government.
The former cabinet director of opposition party UNDC leader Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim recently crossed over to the government's RDR party and was appointed personal counsellor to the head of state Said Mohamed Djohar at the beginning of May. (...).
www.africaintelligence.com /ps/AN/Arch/ION/ION_624.asp   (1006 words)

  
 March 1996
Comoros: In the first round of presidential elections, Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim secures 21.3% of the vote; his opponent Abbas Djoussouf takes second place with 15.6%.
Comoros: The second round of presidential elections is won by Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim with 64.3% of the votes.
Mauritania: Foreign Minister Mohamed Salem Ould Lekhal is dismissed.
rulers.org /1996-03.html   (861 words)

  
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This morning, the plenary began by paying tribute to the late Head of State of the Islamic Federal Republic of the Comoros, His Excellency Mr.
Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, who passed away on 5 November 1998.
Chairmen of all regional groups spoke, as did the representative of the host country and of the Comoros.
www.un.org /ga/53/session/president/br11.10.htm   (531 words)

  
 Abdoulkarim, Mohamed Taki - Former President of the Comoros   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Abdoulkarim, Mohamed Taki - Former President of the Comoros
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Said Mohamed Djohar, se mantiene en el gobierno hasta las elecciones de 1996, salvo el paréntesis provocado por el golpe militar realizado por mercenarios y que le alejó del gobierno entre septiembre y octubre de 1995.
En marzo de 1996, se celebran nuevas elecciones que llevan a Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim a hacerse cargo del Gobierno.
Muerto Taki en noviembre de 1998, Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde asume interinamente la dirección del Gobierno y nombra a Abbas Djoussouf Primer ministro.
www.ikuska.com /Africa/Paises/Comoros.htm   (540 words)

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