Former coup leader Azali Assoumani was elected president of Comoros on Thursday, according to official provisional results, after an earlier poll had to be partially re-run due to violence and "irregularities".
Colonel Assoumani beat Vice President Mohamed Ali Soilihi to lead the east African archipelago nation in April, but a court ordered that 13 polling stations should vote again afterRead more
Azali Assoumani, former coup leader, was elected President of the Comorosarchipelago islands at the second-round vote held Sunday, according to official results released Friday.
Assoumani won 40.98 percent of the vote, ahead of his main rival Vice President Mohamed Ali Soilihi with 39.87 percent.
Comoros is an island country in the Western Indian Ocean. It has a population of 780,000Read more