Around the World: Comoros

Rebel leader on the run

Comorian troops yesterday combed the Indian Ocean island of Anjouan in search of its rebel leader, after the first African Union-backed assault to oust a renegade government.

Joint AU-Comorian forces took control of Anjouan on Tuesday, just hours after attacking to topple Mohamed Bacar, a French-trained former gendarme who took power in 2001 and clung on after an illegal election last year.