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Ouani
Ouani is a town with a population of over 22,000 people. It is located on the island of Anjouan in the Comoros and is the birthplace of writer Coralie Frei and politician Loub Yacout Zaïdou. See also * Ouani Airport References Populated places in Anjouan {{Comoros-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anjouan
Anjouan (; also known as Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and historically as Johanna or Hinzuan) is an autonomous high island in the Indian Ocean that forms part of the Union of the Comoros. Its chief town is Mutsamudu and, , its population is around 277,500. The total area of the island is 424 square kilometers (163 square miles). History Early and colonial history The first inhabitants of the island were explorers and immigrants from Indonesia and Polynesia. After that Bantu people arrived. Then people all around the Indian Ocean began to come to Anjouan and the Comoro Islands. In about 1500, the Sultanate of Ndzuwani (Anjouan) was founded, which took over the entire island (for further information see: List of sultans on the Comoros). The sultanate was the most powerful of all the Comorian sultanates. In 1816, Sultan Alawi bin Husain requested French assistance against the Sultanate of Zanzibar which was threatening his domain. The island came under French protection in 1886. France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouani Airport
Ouani Airport is an airport in Anjouan Anjouan (; also known as Ndzuwani or Nzwani, and historically as Johanna or Hinzuan) is an autonomous high island in the Indian Ocean that forms part of the Union of the Comoros. Its chief town is Mutsamudu and, , its population is around 277,500. ..., Comoros. Airlines and destinations References External links * Airports in the Comoros Anjouan {{Comoros-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coralie Frei
Coralie Frei (born October 12, 1951) is a Comorian nurse and writer currently living in Switzerland. She is the first Comorian woman to write a novel, and has also written poetry. Born in Ouani, she began her studies in her native town before continuing them in Mutsamudu and at the Lycée Saïd Mohamed Cheik in Moroni. After obtaining a '' baccalaureat'' in philosophy in 1973, she married, but it did not last, and she travelled to France for further study and to seek a divorce. Frei continued her studies, in English and Spanish, at the Universities of Toulouse and Pau, and remarried there. Upon receiving her degree in Pau, she chose instead to take a nurse's diploma. She raised five children during this time, and is a grandmother. She has written throughout her life, producing poetry as well as fiction; she writes in both French and German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) ** Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loub Yacout Zaïdou
Loub Yakout Zaïdou is a Comorian midwife, administrator and politician serving as the current Minister for Health, Solidarity, Social Protection and Gender Promotion. Biography Born as Loub Yacout Attoumane in Ouani on the island of Anjouan, she graduated from the Mutsamudu lycée in 1979. She obtained a higher technical diploma in obstetrics in 1983 from the Medicine School of Tunis and worked as a midwife at the Hombo state hospital from 1984 to 1987. Between 1987 and 1990 she studied in Senegal, obtaining another higher technical diploma in nursing. Upon returning to the Comoros, Zaïdou undertook roles in health education and family planning. From 1997 to 1999 she attended the National School of Administration (ÉNA) of Côte d'Ivoire, completing studies in health management. From 2000, Zaïdou has taken various leadership roles in the regional health system of Anjouan and worked on projects tackling tuberculosis, HIV and malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Sovereign States
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty. The 206 listed states can be divided into three categories based on membership within the United Nations System: 193 member states of the United Nations, UN member states, 2 United Nations General Assembly observers#Present non-member observers, UN General Assembly non-member observer states, and 11 other states. The ''sovereignty dispute'' column indicates states having undisputed sovereignty (188 states, of which there are 187 UN member states and 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state), states having disputed sovereignty (16 states, of which there are 6 UN member states, 1 UN General Assembly non-member observer state, and 9 de facto states), and states having a political status of the Cook Islands and Niue, special political status (2 states, both in associated state, free association with New Zealand). Compi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comoros
The Comoros,, ' officially the Union of the Comoros,; ar, الاتحاد القمري ' is an independent country made up of three islands in southeastern Africa, located at the northern end of the Mozambique Channel in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city is Moroni. The religion of the majority of the population, and the official state religion, is Sunni Islam. As a member of the Arab League, it is the only country in the Arab world which is entirely in the Southern Hemisphere. Comoros proclaimed their independence on July 6, 1975. It is also a member state of the African Union, the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'', the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the Indian Ocean Commission. The country has three official languages: Chi Comori, French and Arabic. The sovereign state consists of three major islands and numerous smaller islands, all in the volcanic Comoro Islands with the notable exception of Mayotte. Mayotte voted against inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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