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Comoros

2.4% annual probability
Comoros flag
Population

882.85K

GDP

$1.81B

Currency

KMF

Capital

Moroni

Land area

1.86K km²

Official languages

Arabic, Comorian, French

Risk assessment

Risk profile

The 12-month probability of a new armed-conflict onset in Comoros is 2.4%, making this a low risk. The country’s history of coups, separatist challenges and political instability—especially on Anjouan—supports continued exposure, while limited state capacity and difficult relations among the islands can complicate crisis management.

Recent reporting supplied for review contains no specific armed incident or mobilisation indicating an imminent onset on Comorian territory. The principal relevant actors remain the central government, island-level political authorities and the security forces; tensions among them could become significant if a political dispute escalated beyond protests or institutional confrontation.

The largest uncertainty is whether a future electoral, constitutional or succession dispute could revive island-based opposition or trigger intervention by security forces. Risk would rise most clearly with sustained armed clashes involving domestic actors, a mutiny, or renewed separatist mobilisation; it would be reinforced by orderly political transfers and effective containment of disputes through civilian institutions.

Strategic reasoning

  • Comoros has experienced repeated coups and serious island-level separatism, including the Anjouan crisis, leaving a precedent for political disputes to become coercive or armed.
  • No current development supplied indicates an active conflict onset; the relevant risk is a future domestic escalation, not Comorian security activity or unrest confined abroad.

Critical indicators

  • In 1997, Anjouan and Mohéli declared themselves separate from Comoros, producing a major sovereignty crisis and demonstrating how island-level political disputes can threaten territorial stability.
  • In March 2008, Comorian and African Union-backed forces removed Mohamed Bacar from Anjouan after his refusal to recognise federal authority, showing that severe disputes can draw in armed forces even when they do not become a nationwide war.

Probability trend

How the Comoros estimate has moved

Probability2.5%2.5%2.4%

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Regional context

Comoros compared with its neighbours and region

Comoros ranks number 85 of 195 in new conflict outbreak risk.

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