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Jamani wakuu mimi mwenyewe nimeshangaa kamaa hii ni sisi wabongo,
ama ni stihizai???This is not fair and I don't know how we can justify such a position....a'fu tunasema eti Bushi!
ama ni stihizai???This is not fair and I don't know how we can justify such a position....a'fu tunasema eti Bushi!
Comoros raid to proceed, says Tanzania
Tanzania has rebuffed attempts by South Africa to halt military action to depose President Mohamed Bacar of tiny Comoros island of Anjouan.
Foreign affairs minister Bernard Membe said Tanzania was pushing ahead with the African Union decision to strike against Anjouan despite opposition from President Thabo Mbeki.
The military offensive begins tomorrow (today) and there is no going back, Mr Membe told The Citizen in a phone interview.
He said Tanzania was surprised and taken aback by President Mbekis change of heart for the invasion that had received blessing from AU.
The invasion of the tiny Island that has declared independence from Comoros has received tacit support from the international community including from US and France.
Mr Membes remarks came after reports emerged that the South African leader had written to President Jakaya Kikwete last Friday asking him to shelve the military intervention in the Comoros.
President Kikwete is the current chairman of AU and Tanzania is playing a leading role in the planned attack to eject Mr Bacar from office, and end one of the longest running political crisis in the Island.
The minister said South Africas defence of the leadership of Comoros rebel leader was unacceptable.
Tanzania has sent 750 soldiers, the largest from a single country on the front line. Senegal, Sudan and Comoros itself are to provide the balance of the 1,800 strong contingent of soldiers to be deployed.
Comoros, the island nation off the east coast of Africa, used its army and African Union soldiers to take back control of the island of Anjouan from its self-proclaimed leader, Muhammad Bacar. The troops arrested a wounded Anjouanese man, suspected of collaborating with Mr. Bacar, after shooting three rockets into his house in Mutsamudu during the operation. The army said it had located Mr. Bacar.
Comoran and African Union soldiers arrested the wounded man during the operation to reclaim Anjouan. The African Union forces on the island included troops from Tanzania and Sudan. Anjouan is located in the Indian Ocean in the Mozambique Channel.
Comoran and African Union soldiers arrested the wounded man during the operation to reclaim Anjouan. The African Union forces on the island included troops from Tanzania and Sudan. Anjouan is located in the Indian Ocean in the Mozambique Channel.