The Comoros marks 50 years of independence from France on Sunday but an ongoing territorial dispute over the island of Mayotte - a former part of the Comorian archipelago which chose to remain ...

The Indian Ocean archipelago of the Comoros vowed Friday not to accept migrants expelled from the neighbouring French island of Mayotte in a looming operation that has caused a diplomatic spat.

France is caught between a rock and a hard place on Mayotte, the only of the four Comoros islands that remains French. Crime is rampant, with more than 400 police investigations of murder, armed ...

1974 - Three of the four main islands making up the Comoros vote for independence, but Mayotte votes to stay with France. 1975 - Comoros declares its independence with Ahmed Abdallah as president.

Authorities subsequently announced that travellers arriving in Reunion from Mayotte, Comores or Mozambique in the last 14 days would be required to take a PCR test as soon as possible.

Broadcasts from the neighbouring French island of Mayotte can be picked up in ... (TNC), external - national, state-owned, operated by Office de la Radio et de la Television des Comores (ORTC ...

Mayotte is geographically part of the Comoros archipelago, at the northern entrance to the Mozambique Channel off Africa’s east coast. It was part of France’s colonial Comoros territory. But in 1975, ...

Ethiopia's President Taye Atske Selassie has arrived in Moroni, Comoros, to take part in the 50th anniversary celebrations of ...

The Comoros has taken a swipe at Paris' plans to curb migration to Mayotte by limiting citizenship rights there, saying the move calls into question France's rule over the island.

1974 - Three of the four main islands making up the Comoros vote for independence, but Mayotte votes to stay with France. 1975 - Comoros declares its independence with Ahmed Abdallah as president.