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HeraldLIVE
April 13, 2018
These include South Africa, Uganda, Mozambique, Kenya, Namibia, Ghana, Tanzania, Ethiopia and the islands of Mayotte and Comoros. Accounting for about 40% of all Coca-Cola volumes sold on the continent, the new facility also overlooks a new Coca-Cola billboard erected on the Humerail railwayÃâà...
africanews
April 13, 2018
Comoros, the archipelago of the Indian Ocean composed of four islands (Grande-Comore, Anjouan, Moheli and Mayotte), proclaimed their independence from Paris in 1975, but Mayotte decided to remain in to be part of France. Since then, Moroni claims sovereignty over this French department.
The Economist
April 5, 2018
But on Mayotte, a small French island in the Indian Ocean with a population of 256,500, the share is more than half. ... The Comoros islands, including Mayotte, were a single French colony until the 1970s, when the people of Mayotte, known as Mahorais, voted to split off and become a French overseasÃâà...
Citizen
March 27, 2018
Mayotte authorities have been increasing the pace of deportations, but the Comoros government responded last Wednesday by refusing to accept those pushed back. On Friday the Comoros did however agree to reinforce security on the archipelago's island of Anjouan, the main departure point forÃâà...
BBC News
March 17, 2018
Protests against the economic crisis and illegal immigrants from the Comoros islands have paralysed the island. Mayotte has been in turmoil since mid-February, with roadblocks, a general strike and protests. France's minister for overseas territories, Annick Girardin, has condemned the move, saying "thisÃâà...
RFI
March 14, 2018
... paralysed the island. Five hours of negotiations late on Tuesday between protest leaders and France's minister for overseas territories, Annick Girardin, appeared to have provided a breakthrough. Mayotte, an island of 250,000 people that is part of the Comoros archipelago of islands off southeast Africa,Ãâà...
Arab News
March 14, 2018
MAMOUDZOU, France: The French government hoped Wednesday to have brokered an end to a month of protests on its Indian Ocean island territory of ... Mayotte, an island of 250,000 people that is part of the Comoros archipelago of islands off southeast Africa, has been in turmoil since mid-February.
RFI
March 13, 2018
media Minister for overseas territories Annick Girardin talks to protesters on 12 March 2018 on the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte. ... The people of the island are protesting against insecurity and an influx of migrants from neighbouring African islands that has severely strained public services. Mayotte, anÃâà...
FRANCE 24
March 12, 2018
Mayotte was the only one of the four main Comoros Islands that voted to remain part of France. In 2011, Mayotte became an overseas French department following a 2009 referendum, which made the tiny sliver of terrain into the 101 French administrative department and the first with a Muslim majority.
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