COMOROS: A TREND TOWARDS AUTHORITARIANISM FRUSTRATES ECONOMIC PROSPECTS

COMOROS: A TREND TOWARDS AUTHORITARIANISM FRUSTRATES ECONOMIC PROSPECTS

   Thu, 20 August 2020

This year has witnessed a further concentration of power under President Azali Assoumani following the hosting of boycotted and farcical legislative elections in January and the continued clampdown on leading opposition figures. These authoritarian tendencies, coupled with the severe economic impact of COVID-19 just one year after the Comoros battled Cyclone Kenneth, heighten the country risk outlook for the islands over the coming months.



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