News: Comoros

We have started to collect the most important news related to Comoros in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• October 20th 2015 – July 1st 2009
• June 30th 2009 – March 25th 2008
• March 24th 2008 – May 14th 2006
• February 20th 2006

Comoros: news

VIDEO: Timelapse shows stars over Comoros

Tuesday, October 20th 2015, 10:21

This timelapse shows the skies above Anjouan, one of the three Comoros islands, over an 11-hour period.
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Kuwait plan for stateless citizens

Monday, November 10th 2014, 1:32
related countries: Kuwait

Tens of thousands of stateless people in Kuwait, known as Bidun, could be offered citizenship of the Comoros islands off east Africa, an official says.
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Yemenia Airways charged over crash

Wednesday, January 29th 2014, 13:35
related countries: France

France charges Yemenia Airways with manslaughter over a 2009 crash off the Comoros Islands that killed 152 people, judicial sources say.
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Many dead as Comoros boat sinks

Tuesday, August 9th 2011, 13:50
related countries: India, Indian Ocean
related places: At

At least 30 people die after a boat capsizes in the Indian Ocean archipelago of Comoros, officials say.
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Comoros islanders pick new leader

Wednesday, December 29th 2010, 14:54

Residents of the coup-ridden Comoros islands elect the ruling party's Ikililou Dhoinine as the new president, the electoral commission announces.
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Comoros crash 'black box' found

Friday, August 28th 2009, 12:09

The flight data recorder from the Yemenia Airlines plane which crashed near the Comoros Islands is recovered from the sea.
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Tanzania 'finds Comoros victims'

Wednesday, July 8th 2009, 13:39
related countries: Tanzania

Tanzanian police say bodies and debris believed to be from a plane that crashed off Comoros have washed up on an island.
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Yemenia 'may cancel Airbus order'

Tuesday, July 7th 2009, 15:00

The airline Yemenia says it may cancel an order for 10 Airbus planes, saying Airbus gave it no support over the Comoros crash.
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Month mourning for Comoros crash

Friday, July 3rd 2009, 15:46
related countries: India, Indian Ocean

The Comoros will mourn the victims of this week's plane crash for 30 days, the president of Indian Ocean nation announces.
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France reverses 'black box' claim

Wednesday, July 1st 2009, 15:26

A French minister denies earlier official claims that a "black box" recorder from a plane crash in the Indian Ocean has been found.
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