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Ambassade
des Comores aux Etats Unis
et Mission Permanente des Comores aupres des Nations Unies
866 UN Plaza Suite 418 New York, USA, NY 10017.
Email comoros@un.int
Tél. (1212) 750 1637
Fax. (1212) 750 1657 715-06-99
Ambassade des
Comores, Tana, Madagascar.
Tél. / Fax (261-20-22) 658-19
Consulat
des Comores - Koweït
Tél. (965) 245-17-59 ou 243-11-28 ou
242-40-58 ou 483-71-11
Fax (965) 240-15-95 ou 241-15-79
Consulat
des Comores - Maurice
Tél. (230) 454-93-34 ou 464-53-77 : Bureau
(230) 686-07-95 ou 686-07-96 :Dom.
Fax (250) 2464-70-53 ou 240-54-87
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Visit Comoros to discover some of the unspoilt places of the World.
You can obtain a Visa directly from Moroni Hahaya International Airport on arrival.
Alernatively, you can apply from any Comorian Ambassy or Consulates near you.
If you want to know any thing about The Islands of Comoros, you are very welcome to browse through this Web Site or contact us. We will be happy to provide you with any information that you are interested.
Information about traveling to Comoros can always obtained from any Comorian Embassy and Consulate or from any of the Comorian official Web Site.
See the link: www.comores-online.com
Located a little more than 10 degrees below the equator in the western Indian Ocean the islands have a maritime tropical climate.
Health and Safety
Before travelling to the island consulte you Doctor and make sure that you have up to date with the necessary immunisations. Also try to look on the world heath chart to have an idea about the type tropical of deseases, which are luckily to be found in the Comoros. Make sure als that you took your first Aid kit with you in case you need it while you are there.
Take sun protection with you and make sure you have protect yourself from the sunshine especially during midday times.
You can learn a few words of the local language before arriving to the Islands by clicking here:
Try to learn few words of the local language before setting off to the Island as this will help to make your time in the Islands more enjoyable and beneficial.
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A chronology of key events:
527 - Portuguese cartographer Diego Ribero depicts the Comoros islands on a European map for the first time.
1886 - Comoros become a French protectorate.
1912 - Comoros formally become a French colony administered from Madagascar.
1942 - British forces invade the Comoros and Madagascar, toppling the pro-Vichy administration and handing the territories over to the Free French government of Charles de Gaulle.
1947 - Comoros become an overseas territory of France and are given representation in the French parliament.
1961 - Comoros
given autonomy.
Independence
1974 - Three of the islands making up the Comoros vote for independence, but a fourth island, Mayotte, votes to stay with France.
1975 July - Comoros unilaterally declares independence, with Ahmed Abdallah as president.
August 1975- Abdallah deposed in coup assisted by French mercenary Colonel Bob Denard, and replaced by Prince Said Mohammed Jaffar.
1976 - Jaffar replaced by Ali Soilih, who tries to turn the country into a secular, socialist republic.
1978 - Ali Soilih toppled and killed by mercenaries led by Denard, who restore Abdallah to power.
1989 - Abdallah assassinated by presidential guard under command of Denard, who stages coup. France intervenes, Denard leaves islands.
1990 - Said Mohamed Djohar elected president.
1995 - Djohar removed in a coup attempt led by Denard. French troops intervene, Denard surrenders.
1996 - Mohamed Abdulkarim Taki elected president, drafts a constitution which extends the authority of the president and establishes Islam as the basis of law.
August 1997 - The Islands of Anjouan and
Moheli declare independence from the Comoros.
September 1997 - Troops from the island of Grande Comore land in Anjouan to try to prevent its secession, but are routed.
1998 - President Taki dies, apparently of heart attack, and is replaced by an acting president, Tadjidine Ben Said Massounde, pending elections.
April 1999 - Massounde signs an autonomy agreement in Madagascar, but the delegates from Anjouan and Moheli refuse to follow suit, saying they must first consult their people, thereby prompting violent demonstrations in Grande Comore against people of Anjouan origins.
April 1999 - Massounde ousted in a coup led by the chief of the General Staff, Col Azali Assoumani.
March 2001- Azali Assoumani says the country will return to civilian rule in 2002 after new institutions of government had been set up. He also said he would not stand for election.
August 2001- A "military committee" seizes power in the breakaway Island of Anjouan with aim of rejoining the Comoros.
September 2001 - In Anjouan, a day-old takeover by Major Combo Ayouba is crushed by Major Mohamad Bacar, who leads the military government set up in August.
November
2001 - Anjouan sees another failed coup attempt,
this time by Colonel Said Abeid, who is against Bacar's reunification efforts.
Autonomy for Islands
December 2001- Voters back a new constitution that will keep the three islands as one country, but will grant each one greater autonomy.
April 2002- Colonel Mohamed Bacar elected leader of Anjouan and Mohamed Said Fazul elected leader of Moheli. Azali Assoumani named president of reunited Comoros.
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.
February 2003 - Security forces say they have foiled a coup plot against President Assoumani.
December 2003- Leaders of semi-autonomous islands reach a power-sharing deal, paving the way for elections.
March-April 2004- Local elections for assemblies on the three semi-autonomous islands. Supporters of federal president, Azali Assoumani, win only 12 of 55 seats. Elections are held in April for 33-member national assembly - Assemblee de l'Union.
June-July 2004 - National assembly opens. President Assoumani Azali names members of first federal government.
January 2005 - First visit to France by a Comoran leader for 30 years.
April 2005 and November 2005- Mount Karthala, one of the world's largest active volcanos, spews ash over Grande Comore.Thousands of villagers flee.
May 2006 - Muslim cleric Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, from Anjouan, wins federal presidential elections.
May 2007 - The African Union sends troops to help keep the peace in June's elections after Anjouan president Mohamed Bacar refuses to stand down.
June 2007 - Anjouan holds local elections in defiance of the federal government and the African Union. Mohamed Bacar is inaugurated as Anjouan's president.
October 2007- The African Union imposes travel sanctions on Anjoun President Mohamed Bacar and other goverment officials and freezes their foreign assets while calling for fresh elections.
November
2007- AU begins naval blockade of Anjouan
island.
2008 March - Comorian and AU troops land on Anjouan recaptured it.
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