AGL 40.11 Increased By ▲ 0.11 (0.28%)
AIRLINK 130.50 Increased By ▲ 0.97 (0.75%)
BOP 6.85 Increased By ▲ 0.17 (2.54%)
CNERGY 4.48 Decreased By ▼ -0.15 (-3.24%)
DCL 8.75 Decreased By ▼ -0.19 (-2.13%)
DFML 41.50 Decreased By ▼ -0.19 (-0.46%)
DGKC 83.25 Decreased By ▼ -0.52 (-0.62%)
FCCL 32.80 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (0.09%)
FFBL 76.09 Increased By ▲ 0.62 (0.82%)
FFL 11.64 Increased By ▲ 0.17 (1.48%)
HUBC 109.60 Decreased By ▼ -0.95 (-0.86%)
HUMNL 14.15 Decreased By ▼ -0.41 (-2.82%)
KEL 5.40 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.19%)
KOSM 8.12 Decreased By ▼ -0.28 (-3.33%)
MLCF 38.91 Decreased By ▼ -0.88 (-2.21%)
NBP 64.00 Increased By ▲ 3.71 (6.15%)
OGDC 196.50 Decreased By ▼ -3.16 (-1.58%)
PAEL 25.80 Decreased By ▼ -0.85 (-3.19%)
PIBTL 7.64 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.26%)
PPL 155.76 Decreased By ▼ -2.16 (-1.37%)
PRL 25.85 Decreased By ▼ -0.88 (-3.29%)
PTC 17.65 Decreased By ▼ -0.81 (-4.39%)
SEARL 81.06 Decreased By ▼ -1.38 (-1.67%)
TELE 8.05 Decreased By ▼ -0.26 (-3.13%)
TOMCL 33.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.81 (-2.35%)
TPLP 8.65 Decreased By ▼ -0.41 (-4.53%)
TREET 16.74 Decreased By ▼ -0.73 (-4.18%)
TRG 57.85 Decreased By ▼ -3.47 (-5.66%)
UNITY 27.71 Increased By ▲ 0.28 (1.02%)
WTL 1.45 Increased By ▲ 0.07 (5.07%)
BR100 10,561 Increased By 154 (1.48%)
BR30 31,490 Decreased By -223.7 (-0.71%)
KSE100 98,341 Increased By 1012.2 (1.04%)
KSE30 30,601 Increased By 408.9 (1.35%)

Residents on the Comoros island of Anjouan slowly returned to their daily lives Sunday after a six-day seige in the old quarter of Mutsamudu city where soldiers had fought with rebels down narrow lanes. The island's governor Abdou Salami Abdou, a member of the opposition Juwa party, surrendered to the police, but denied any links to the armed rebels.
"I challenge anyone to prove my involvement," Abdou, a fierce critic of President Azali Assoumani, told AFP, adding that peaceful protests against the Comoros government had been infiltrated by militants. The army said it had regained control of the medina quarter on Saturday in the latest bout of instability to rock the coup-prone Indian Ocean archipelago. At least three people were killed in a week of violence.
Anjouan's port re-opened Sunday after being closed for several days. Soldiers searched homes for suspected rebels, but no arrests were reported. Supermarket owner Mohamed Adinane said he had come "to check the condition of my store, to see if there were any breakages." "I found expired products because of the power cuts," he said, explaining he had lost a lot of money. "It's a shame but what can we do?"
Military checkpoints were still in place around the medina and most streets were deserted. Stones and teargas cannisters littered the ground after the week of clashes.

Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2018

Comments

Comments are closed.