He has been quoted as stating that Comoros is not ready to become an Islamic state, nor shall the veil be forced upon any women in the Comoros.

The age structure of the population of Comoros is similar to that of many developing countries, in that the republic has a very large proportion of young people.

The political situation in Comoros has been extremely fluid since the country's independence in 1975, subject to the volatility of coups and political insurrection.

" Comoros has requested a similar program for Grande Comore and Anjouan, total population 760, 000, and Li said that Beijing has agreed in principle.

Mozambique has also been involved in many peacekeeping operations in Burundi, Comoros, The Democratic Republic of Congo, East Timor and Sudan.

Because Kidd was said to have buried treasure in the Comoros islands, and Moroni is the name of the capital city and largest settlement in the Comoros, it has been suggested that Smith borrowed the name of the settlement and applied it to the angel who led him to buried treasure — the golden plates.

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Comoros has officially participated in the African Franc Zone ( Communauté Financière Africaine — CFA ; see Glossary ) since 1979.

Since the latter part of the 1980s, Comoros has made headway in developing fisheries as a source of export earnings.

Comoros has an international airport ( Prince Said Ibrahim International Airport ) at Hahaya on Grande Comore.

The Arab League currently has 22 members, which also include, Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia and UAE.

Moroni ( in Arabic موروني Mūrūnī ) is the largest city of the Comoros islands and since 1958 has served as its capital.

It lives in northern Madagascar and on the Comoros, it has been also introduced to Hawaii and other Pacific islands.

Because Kidd was said to have buried treasure in the Comoros islands, it has been suggested that Smith used the name of the islands and applied it to the hill where he found buried treasure — the gold plates.

This island is claimed by the Union of the Comoros ( which considers it to form part of its territory according to Article 1 of its Constitution ), but it has chosen to remain French in numerous referenda that France has held to decide its position.

Since 2006, the Ex-President of the Union of the Comoros Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, originally from the island of Anjouan has been in open conflict with the authorities of Anjouan, a conflict which ended in a military landing of the National Army of Development in order to re-establish the authority of the Union on the island.

He has described five bird species new to science: three from the Democratic Republic of Congo, one from Liberia and one from the Comoros archipelago.

Islam has long played a central role in the Comoros.

Suspected al-Qaeda member Fazul Abdullah Mohammed was born in Moroni, Comoros Islands and has Kenyan as well as Comorian citizenship.

According to the 2011 census North Goa has a population of 817, 761, roughly equal to the nation of Comoros or the US state of South Dakota.

With the reform of its apartheid government, South Africa no longer needed Comoros as evidence of its ostensible ability to enjoy good relations with a black African state ; the end of the Cold War had also diminished Comoros ' strategic value to Pretoria.

The franc (; ) ( ISO 4217 currency code KMF ) is the official currency of Comoros.

The post of Deputy Director of the Central Bank of the Comoros is held by a Banque de France official, who is responsible for monetary policy.

The Comoros and Georgia established full diplomatic relations on 26 March 2010.

* List of diplomatic missions in Comoros

* List of diplomatic missions of Comoros

Comoros broke all ties with France and established itself as an independent republic.

Agreement was reached with France in 1973 for Comoros to become independent in 1978.

The first president of Comoros, Ahmed Abdallah Abderemane, did not last long before being ousted in a coup by Ali Soilih, an atheist with an Islamic background.

France immediately severely denounced the coup, and backed by the 1978 defense agreement with the Comoros, President Jacques Chirac ordered his special forces to retake the island.

Despite two coup attempts in the following three months, including one by Abeid, Bacar ’ s government remained in power, and was apparently more willing to negotiate with Comoros.

Comoros ' largest cities were the capital, Moroni, with about 30, 000 people, and the port city of Mutsamudu, on the island of Nzwani, with about 20, 000 people.

The constitution gives Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli the right to govern most of their own affairs with their own presidents, except the activities assigned to the Union of the Comoros like Foreign Policy, Defense, Nationality, Banking and others.

Comoros considers Mayotte, an overseas collectivity of France, to be part of its territory, with an autonomous status

By the early 1990s, commercial flights connected Comoros with France, Mauritius, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, and Madagascar.

Comoros thus cultivated relations with various nations, both East and West, seeking to increase trade and obtain financial assistance.

The Chinese had long been a source of aid and apparently wished to maintain contact with Comoros to counterbalance Indian and Soviet ( later Russian ) influence in the Indian Ocean.

Together with the Chinese defense minister Liang Guanglie, and Chief of Staff of the Comoros armed forces Salimou Mohamed Amiri, pledged to increase cooperation between the military of the two nations.

Comoros ' most significant international relationship is that with France.

With Mahoré continuing to gravitate politically and economically toward France, and Comoros increasingly dependent on the French for help with its own considerable social, political, and economic problems, the issue of Mahoré diminished somewhat in urgency.

The close relationship Comoros developed with South Africa in the 1980s was much less significant to both countries in the 1990s.

Since the 1989 coup and subsequent expulsion of South African-financed mercenaries, Comoros likewise turned away from South Africa and toward France for assistance with its security needs.

During the time of the Ottomans the crescent began to be associated with Islam and this is reflected on the flags of Algeria, Azerbaijan, Comoros, Libya, Mauritania, Pakistan and of Tunisia.

The status of Mayotte was changed in 2001 towards one very close to the status of the départements of mainland France, with the particular designation of collectivité départementale, although the island is still claimed by the Comoros.

There is some international interconnectivity, with microwave radio relay and HF radiotelephone communications to Comoros as of 2001.

The international system employs a radiotelephone system, with connections to Comoros, France and Madagascar.

Soon, the tropical orchids were sent from Réunion Island to the Comoros Islands and Madagascar, along with instructions for pollinating them.

** France launches a counter-coup in the Comoros with 600 soldiers.