Voters in Comoros head to polls to elect 33-seat parliament

MORONI —  Voters in Comoros were heading to the polls on Sunday to elect the Indian Ocean archipelago’s 33-seat parliament, a year after the reelection of President Azali Assoumani in a poll which the opposition alleged was marred by widespread irregularities. Officials from the ruling party have denied those allegations. Polling stations opened early on Sunday and voters, numbering some 338,000 according to the polling body, started casting their ballots at 8 a.m. Comoros last had parliamentary elections in January 2020. Nearly 100 candidates were selected by the country’s Supreme Court to contest the election. Assoumani’s opponents accuse him of

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