Polity IV Country Report 2003: Comoros The comoros have a long history of political instability and military rule.Since gaining independence from France in 1975, this three island state http://www.cidcm.umd.edu/inscr/polity/Com11.htm
Extractions: Score: Change Polity: Democ: Autoc: Durable: Tentative: Yes SCODE COM CCODE Date of Report Polity IV Component Variables XRREG XRCOMP XROPEN XCONST PARREG PARCOMP Date of Most Recent Polity Transition (3 or more point change) End Date 30 April 1999 Begin Date 30 April 1999 Polity Fragmentation: Yes Executive(s) President Assoumani Azzali; initially seized power, 30 April 1999 ; directly elected 14 April 2002 Federal Parliament of the Union of the Comoros (33 seats); 18 directly elected, 15 representatives of regional parliaments; most recent elections, 18 and 25 April 2004 Despite the democratic transfer of power in 1990, democratic politics in the Comoro islands was far from institutionalized. After numerous coup attempts and serious government instability, in early 1992 President Djohar entered into a pact of reconciliation with his political opponents and established a government of national unity with himself as president and Mohamed Taki as head of government. The government of national unity quickly collapsed as Djohar desperately sought to hang on to power in the face of numerous coup attempts and chronic cabinet instability. In September 1995 the increasingly unpopular president was briefly overthrown by yet another coup led by Denard and his band of mercenaries. Within a week of the coup French troops had restored Djohar to power and established yet another government of national reconciliation.
Madagascar Travel Information | Lonely Planet Destination Guide The regional town of Fianarantsoa has developed into a literary capital Arthur Stratton s The Great Red Island is a comprehensive history of Madagascar. http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/africa/madagascar/printable.htm
Extractions: @import "/worldguide/css/dmStyle.css"; @import "/worldguide/css/dmStyle_structure.css"; @import "/worldguide/css/dmStyle_theme.css"; worldguide shop thorn tree forum travel services ... travel links Explore Madagascar Landscapes like a crazy quilt made at mother nature's sewing bee. Click here Parc National de L'Isalo WORLDGUIDE Introduction See Image Gallery Transport Money Essential Info RELATED Thorn Tree Forum Postcards Travel Links Madagascar's forests are a shimmering, seething mass of a trillion stems and dripping leaves and slithering, jumping, quirky creatures out of nature's bag of tricks: lemurs, periwinkles and baobabs, aloes, geckoes, sifakas and octopus trees. Sadly, they are threatened by aggressive deforestation.
Contact Us - InterPride regional Directors Jason Pollock Alternate, Region 10 Channel islands, England,Ireland, Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, http://www.interpride.org/20/Contact_Us.htm
Handicap International's Activities In The Indian Ocean In the Indian Ocean islands, Handicap International works to improve the You are here Our projects Where we work Indian Ocean regional programme http://www.handicap-international.org.uk/page_368.php
Extractions: The programme operates within the Indian Ocean region, and more particularly concerns Madagascar, the Comoro Islands and the Republic of Mauritius . In spite of the disparities in these countries development, poverty control is a priority for the Madagascan, Comoros and Mauritian governments. National programmes were launched in 2000, in order to stop the progression of situations of social vulnerability, particularly those of disabled people and people living in underprivileged areas of the towns . Our regional programme aims at improving the social participation of disabled people, and supporting the process of local urban development in the regions towns. BACKGROUND From 1996 onwards, activities began taking the issue of social integration for disabled people into consideration, and particularly their access to rights, via the creation and promotion of a structured associative movement. Since 1997 we have been running a local urban development project in Antananarivo, Toamasina, Toliary and Mahajanga.
INTRODUCTION not of regional areas; generally not oceans, or islands under 1000 square miles The following islands I did no searches on American Samoa, Antigua, http://www.sdc.ucsb.edu/~mary/intro.html
Extractions: INTRODUCTION The object of this work is to present an introduction to geologic maps, what they are and how they are constructed. The cartobibliography has as its purpose to give a researcher the citations for the major overall maps and series maps. Types of materials were excluded not because the items are not worthy of compilation in a bibliography - they all are! - but simply to keep the publication focused, and capable of being completed in the author's lifetime. The limitations are as follows: Tanaka, Kenneth L.; and Scott, David H. 1987. Geologic map of the polar regions of Mars. Reston VA : U.S. Geological Survey. (Miscellaneous investigations series ; map I-1802-C) - tectonic and structural maps (faults, earthquakes, volcanoes); initially the author did collect tectonic-map cites, and quickly realized that this deserved a publication of its own. e.g.: Sloss, Laurence Louis, 1913- . 1960. Lithofacies maps; an atlas of the United States and southern Canada. New York : Wiley. - geophysical maps and seismic studies - topographic, geomorphic, physiographic maps
Regional Genealogy And Local History Research regional Genealogy and Local history Research areas, countries, directories,organizations, Ellis Island American Family Immigration history Center http://www.academic-genealogy.com/regionalgenealogy.htm
Agulhas Current Mozambiques Bazaruto islands, a narrow chain of tidal mud flats, inland salty regional organizations involved in the management of coastal and marine http://na.nefsc.noaa.gov/lme/text/lme30.htm
Extractions: Brief Description: This LME is characterized by its mixed climate. Situated in the Indian Ocean, it lies off the southeastern margin of the African continent. It includes the continental shelf areas of Mozambique, South Africa, the Comoros Islands, the Seychelles, Madagascar and Mauritius. Its dominant large-scale oceanographic feature is the swift and warm Agulhas current, a western boundary current that forms part of the anticyclonic Indian Ocean gyre. The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is supporting an LME project, presently in the preparation (Block B) stage, for the Agulhas Current and the neighboring Somali Coastal Current LME . Book chapters and articles pertaining to this LME include Andrew et al, 1998, Beckley, 1998, Nguta, 1998, Ragoonaden, 1998, and Tomks Forbes and Cyrus, 1998. I. Productivity:
IRIN Africa Southern Africa COMOROS COMOROS Trouble In The Integrated regional Information Networks (IRIN) is a humanitarian news agency Lava flows from the Kartala volcano in the centre of the small island, http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=38294&SelectRegion=Southern_Africa
Extractions: 21 September 2000 The effects of overpopulation and unregulated development would undoubtedly create new pressures on the environment in the coming century, Ioannis Kasoulides, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Cyprus, told the General Assembly this morning as it continued its general debate. Small island States, vulnerable to such phenomena as global warming, the rising water level and the increasing scarcity of water resources, were particularly concerned. Regarding the question of Cyprus, he said reference had been made to so-called realities in Cyprus. The one and only reality was the imperative need for peace and reconciliation through a mutually acceptable solution within the parameters of United Nations resolutions. He appealed to the Turkish side to capitalize on the current favourable environment in order to reach a comprehensive settlement, based on Security Council resolutions calling for a bi-zonal, bi-communal Federal Republic of Cyprus, with a single sovereignty, citizenship and international personality, comprising two politically equal communities. Luvsangiin Erdenechuluun, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mongolia, said the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD X) had underscored the need to create a legal environment to facilitate transit traffic for landlocked developing countries, improve transit infrastructure and increase efficiency of trade by eliminating transport and bureaucratic bottlenecks.
Umrabulo No 18, June 2003 virtually controlled the comoros islands together with a band of French The comoros rapidly became a secret staging post funnelling arms from South http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/pubs/umrabulo/umrabulo18/treason.html
Extractions: by Stan Winer The subversive strategy of white supremacists currently on trial in South Africa should not be viewed in isolation of past strategic doctrines and a ruthless ensemble of clandestine techniques that underpinned the former apartheid state. The subject may be of some importance, because the present derives from the past and the future from both. It also reflects a central problem not only of history but also of all human experience: the problem of truth and illusion. The strategy of at least 10 South African conspirators currently detained on suspicion of high treason and right-wing terrorism is contained in a document uncovered by investigators. Three senior serving SANDF army officers are among the detained men The document outlines plans by the alleged conspirators to establish a rebel army of about 4 500 to overthrow the government and replace it with a military regime run entirely by white supremacists. The alleged conspirators planned first of all to unleash chaos in the country to cover the rebel army's movements while a 50-man death squad would eliminate "traitors" and blame the actions on black people. The rebel army, to "restore order", would then contrive a 10-day electricity blackout under cover of which airports would be closed, aircraft grounded, and arms depots and combat vehicles seized. A final stage would be the inauguration of a military government.
An A-Z Of African Studies On The Internet Bg3 Comoro islands Economic Conditions. comoros and the IMF (IMF Updated Comoro islandsHistory. LES COMORES AVANT LA PÉNÉTRATION FRANCAISE par Mahmoud http://www.lib.msu.edu/limb/a-z/az_bg3.html
Extractions: Back to: A-Z of African Studies The Commission for Africa . "The Commission for Africa was launched by the British Prime Minister Tony Blair in February 2004. The aim of the Commission was to take a fresh look at Africas past and present and the international communitys role in its development path."
MSN Encarta - Comoros Island Madagascar more Facts and Figures. Quick information and statisticsfor comoros. Encarta Search. Search Encarta about comoros http://uk.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761566120_3/Comoros.html
