Comoros (Vol 14, 2017)
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In his first full year in office since being re-elected president, Colonel Azali Assoumani drew on his political experience to consolidate his rule at home and renew relationships with bilateral partners and international organisations. A former coup leader, he had previously served as president of the Committee of State between 1999 and 2002, and then as president of the Union of Comoros between 2002 and 2006. Beyond short-term policies to drive down the high cost of living, the new government determined that Comoros should aim to become an ‘emerging economy’. This goal influenced both domestic and foreign policy. Assoumani indicated that his government would be willing to consider revising the constitutional mechanism of the rotating presidency that he had introduced in 2002. In terms of foreign relations, Assoumani prioritised cooperation with France, whilst cementing relations with Saudi Arabia as Comoros’s principal partner in the Islamic world.
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Comoros (Vol 14, 2017)
in Africa Yearbook OnlineSearch for other papers by Simon Massey in
Current site
Google Scholar
(2,892 words)