Comoros to hold parliamentary elections on Jan. 12

FILE PHOTO: Azali Assoumani delivers a speech during the opening event of the African Union's conference on reparations in Accra, Ghana. November 14, 2023. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko/File Photo

MORONI (Reuters) - Comoros will hold elections to its 33-seat parliament on Jan. 12, according to a decree published on Saturday, although opposition parties have said they will boycott the poll.

The Indian Ocean archipelago, with a population of about 800,000, last had parliamentary polls in January 2020.