{"id":431828,"date":"2011-05-28T17:24:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T17:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/28\/south-africa-congratulates-president\/"},"modified":"2011-05-28T17:24:23","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T17:24:23","slug":"south-africa-congratulates-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/28\/south-africa-congratulates-president\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Congratulates President"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"30.7179487179\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buanews.gov.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BuaNews<\/a> (Tshwane)<\/p>\n<p>27 May 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Pretoria \u2014 The South African government has congratulated and conveyed its well wishes to newly re-elected Comoros President Ikililou Dhoinine.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, President Jacob Zuma reiterated SA&#8217;s wish to strengthen its ties with Dhoinine&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n<p>He commended the people and government in that country for the steps taken in implementing a democratic transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Zuma also expressed his appreciation to the out-going President of the Union of Comoros, President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, for the peaceful transfer of power following the December 2010 Presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>Dhoinine, 49, won the presidential elections in December, with 61 percent of the votes cast, according to the National Independent Electoral Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean has had a fractious history since independence from France in 1975, experiencing more than 20 coups or attempted coups.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2001, the presidency of that country, which lies about 300km off Africa&#8217;s east coast north of Madagascar, has rotated between the three islands.<\/p>\n<p>Due to this instability, the people of the Comoros are among the poorest in Africa and are heavily reliant on aid.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201105280026.html\" title=\"South Africa Congratulates President\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Africa Congratulates President<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> BuaNews (Tshwane) 27 May 2011 Pretoria \u2014 The South African government has congratulated and conveyed its well wishes to newly re-elected Comoros President Ikililou Dhoinine. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-431828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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