MUTSAMUDU, Comoros, March 31, 2008 (AFP) - The president of Anjouan's court of appeal, Lailizamane Abdou Cheik, was sworn in Monday as the Comoran island's interim leader, pending elections in two or three months.

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.

DAMASCUS, March 29, 2008 (AFP)- ) - Comoran President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi revealed that his country received military aid from Morocco to help crush a rebellion on Anjouan, in his address at an Arab summit in Damascus on Saturday.

'It is no secret that we won because Morocco provided all it could in military aid,' Sambi told delegates.

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.

MORONI, March 28, 2008 (AFP) - Comoran President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi said demonstrations against France demanding ousted Anjouan leader Mohamed Bacar be extradited were justified but urged protestors to refrain from violent action.

MORONI, March 28, 2008 (AFP) - Comoran President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi said demonstrations against France demanding ousted Anjouan leader Mohamed Bacar be extradited were justified but urged protestors to refrain from violent action.

SAINT DENIS, Reunion, March 28, 2008 (AFP) - The ousted leader of the Comoros island of Anjouan, Mohamed Bacar, will appear in court in Reunion on Saturday along with 23 other men, mostly soldiers, the prosecutor said.

Bacar was driven out of Anjouan -- the third largest island in the Comoros archipelago -- on Tuesday by an African Union force after rejecting calls to step down.

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.