Flight Y61103 Moroni/Mohéli bound for Mwali was reported missing with 14 people on board: air traffic lost contact with the aircraft, unable to land for bad weather and redirected to Ngazidja; rescue teams are patrolling off the coast of Mbatse

Experts from the International Maritime Organization IMO has visited the port of Mutsamudu to assess progress made and get to the final phase toward certification of this strategic infrastructure; this 5-day workshop was dedicated to port security

Over 2.000 people were checked in five days as part of the identity and residence verification operation launched by the Ministry of the Interior: the result is 23 illegal immigrants, eight deportations, and 150 citizens ordered to obtain an identity card

An ongoing territorial dispute over the island of Mayotte, geographically part of the Comorian archipelago that politically remained part of France, hangs over the celebrations of independence, as Comorian authorities have never accepted its status

Authorities, international academics, African heads of state took part in the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Comoros independence in Moroni, with a focus on sovereignty through self-reliant economy