SAINT-DENIS-DE-LA REUNION, June 5, 2008 (AFP) - A court of appeals in the French territory of Reunion on Thursday sentenced Comoros rebel leader Mohamed Bacar to a three month suspended jail term after finding him guilty of importing weapons.

SAINT DENIS, Reunion, May 15, 2008 (AFP) - France's refugee office has denied asylum to the ousted leader of the Comoros island of Anjouan, Mohamed Bacar, currently in custody on the French island of Reunion, officials said Thursday.

SAINT DENIS, Reunion, April 4, 2008 (AFP) - The ousted leader of the Comoros island of Anjouan, Mohamed Bacar, was held in custody Friday on the French island of Reunion because of an extradition request by Comoran authorities, prosecutors said.

SAINT-DENIS-DE-LA-REUNION, France, April 4, 2008 (AFP) - The ousted leader of the Comoros island of Anjouan, Mohamed Bacar, was held in custody Friday on the French island of Reunion after an extradition request by Comoran authorities, prosecutors said.

SAINT DENIS, Reunion, March 29, 2008 (AFP) - Ousted Anjouan leader Mohamed Bacar and 22 of his supporters were in military custody Saturday on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion, as France examines their demand for political asylum.

SAINT DENIS, Reunion, March 29, 2008 (AFP) - A court on the French island of Reunion on Saturday dismissed the case against the ousted leader of the Comoros island of Anjouan, Mohamed Bacar, but ordered him held in custody.

The decision also involved 23 other men, mostly soldiers. All will remain in custody for the time being, police said.

SAINT DENIS, Reunion, March 27, 2008 (AFP) - A French military transport airplane carrying the ousted rebel leader of the Comoros island of Anjouan, Mohamed Bacar, was seen Friday landing on the French island of Reunion.

MAMOUDZOU, Mayotte, March 27, 2008 (AFP) - The ousted rebel leader of the Comoros island of Anjouan, Mohamed Bacar, left the French Indian Ocean island of Mayotte Thursday on a military aircraft bound for Reunion, officials said.

SAINT DENIS, Reunion, March 27, 2008 (AFP) - The ousted rebel leader of the Comoros island of Anjouan, Mohamed Bacar, will be placed under investigation on weapons charges when he arrives in Reunion, a French minister said Thursday.

PARIS, March 27, 2008 (AFP) - French military officials are to fly the ousted rebel leader of the Comoros island of Anjouan, Mohamed Bacar, to Reunion, the French defence ministry said Thursday.

Bacar was being held at the main airport on the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, where he escaped after he was driven out of Anjouan by Comoran and African Union troops on Tuesday.