Comoros Communications

Telephone

Country code: 269. Outgoing international calls must be made through the international operator.

Mobile Telephone

Limited coverage.

Internet

A few hotels have Internet access.

Post

Mail to Western Europe takes at least one week.

Media

There is no single national newspaper. Although several private newspapers criticise the government, self-censorship is reportedly common. Local radio and TV stations operate without overt government interference.

Press

• The main (weekly) papers are Al Watwan (state-owned), published on Grand Comore, Kuesi, published on the French island of Mayotte, and La Gazette des Comores (independent).
• L’Archipel (independent) is published monthly.
• There are no English-language newspapers.

TV

• There is a national radio station, Radio Comoros, and a national TV service.
• RFO Mayotte, run by French public radio and TV, broadcasts French and locally-produced radio and TV programmes from the French island of Mayotte and can be received in parts of the archipelago.
• Other radio stations include: Radio Dziyalandze Mutsamudu (RDM), an FM station on Anjouan, which relays Radio France Internationale and Radio Ngazidja, the official station on Grand Comore.

Radio

• There is a national radio station, Radio Comoros, and a national TV service.
• RFO Mayotte, run by French public radio and TV, broadcasts French and locally-produced radio and TV programmes from the French island of Mayotte and can be received in parts of the archipelago.
• Other radio stations include: Radio Dziyalandze Mutsamudu (RDM), an FM station on Anjouan, which relays Radio France Internationale and Radio Ngazidja, the official station on Grand Comore.

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