MORONI, July 27, 2008 (AFP) - Thousands of stateless Arab families known as bidoon hoped a bizarre application for citizenship of the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros might mean an end to their legal limbo.

MAMOUDZOU, July 21, 2008 (AFP) - Ten of ousted Comoros leader Mohamed Bacar's closest allies, including five ex-ministers, fled to the French island of Mayotte after breaking out of prison, officials said.

SAINT DENIS, July 19, 2008 (AFP) - Comoros rebel leader Mohamed Bacar, who fled to France's Indian Ocean island of Reunion in March, was on Saturday expelled with his brother and two supporters, authorities said.

MORONI, July 7, 2008 (AFP) - The Comoros has in recent weeks launched a crackdown on 'loose morals', prompting concern among women and intellectuals that the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago was poised to become a Sharia state.

MORONI, July 2, 2008 (AFP) - Official election results released on Wednesday confirmed Moussa Toybou as the new president of the Comoros isle of Anjouan, three months after renegade leader Mohamed Bacar was ousted.

MORONI, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - Moussa Toybou won the presidential election on the Comoros isle of Anjouan, a government minister announced Monday, three months after renegade leader Mohamed Bacar was ousted.

MORONI, June 29, 2008 (AFP) - Voters on the isle of Anjouan in the Comoros Islands cast their ballots on Sunday and waited to see who would succeed former president Mohamed Bacar, ousted by a military campaign in March.

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.

MORONI, May 10, 2008 (AFP) - The Comoros isle of Anjouan will hold local presidential polls next month after its rebel leader was ousted by an African Union military offensive in March, it was announced Saturday.