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Official Name of Comoros: Union of the Comoros
Government type in Comoros: independent republic
Capital of Comoros: Moroni
Primary Language in Comoros: Arabic, French
Currency in Comoros: Comoran franc

Unstable Comoros has endured 19 coups or attempted coups since gaining independence from France in 1975. In 1997, the islands of Anjouan and Moheli declared their independence from Comoros. In 1999, military chief Col. AZALI seized power. He pledged to resolve the secessionist crisis through a confederal arrangement named the 2000 Fomboni Accord. In December 2001, voters approved a new constitution and presidential elections took place in the spring of 2002. Each island in the archipelago elected its own president and a new union president was sworn in on May 26, 2002. Important location at northern end of Mozambique Channel.