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24-514: Lambert was born in Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine in 1824. He was the brother of Henri Lambert . He traveled to Mauritius where, at the age of 22, he married a wealthy widow and accumulated further wealth by entering the slave trade. In 1854 he relieved a garrison in Madagascar held by Merina troops that had come under threat by a coastal community rebelling against the rule of Queen Ranavalona I . As

48-613: A 10-percent royalty payable to the Merina monarchy, although the true events are far more complicated. In years to come, the French would use this "Lambert Charter" and a letter of the prince to Napoléon III asking for French protection to justify the Franco-Hova Wars and the annexation of Madagascar as a colony. The Lambert Charter was signed on 28 June 1855. The authenticity of the documents has been questioned and, in any case,

72-673: A collaborative arrangement with the government for the establishment and management of the park. The marine park programme was among the 27 finalists selected from nearly 500 nominations by the Equator Initiative, a partnership between the United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ), IUCN, the UN Foundation and four other international groups, to promote community-based initiatives aimed at furthering sustainable development. The marine park

96-501: A reward, he was invited to a royal audience with the queen at her royal compound in Antananarivo . There he met Jean Laborde , a Frenchman who had established an armament industry for the Merina army. Lambert also made the acquaintance of the queen's son and future heir, Prince Rakoto . According to Lambert, the prince gave him the exclusive right to exploit all minerals, forests, and unoccupied land in Madagascar in exchange for

120-634: Is a sub-prefecture of the department. Redon borders the Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique departments. It is situated at the junction of the Oust and Vilaine rivers and Nantes-Brest canal , which makes it well known for its autumn and winter floods. It is located at 50 km from Nantes , Rennes , Vannes and their airports The town has a station which connects to Quimper and Rennes then Paris in 2h05. Very little information exists about this area before 832; however, it would seem that there

144-772: Is an autonomously-governed island that forms part of the Union of the Comoros . It is the smallest of the three major islands in the country. It is located in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa and it is the smallest of the four major Comoro Islands . Its capital and largest city is Fomboni . Until 1830, Mohéli was part of the Ndzuwani Sultanate, which also controlled the neighbouring island of Anjouan . In 1830, migrants from Madagascar led by Ramanetaka , who later changed his name to Abderemane, took over

168-407: The Comoros nation, along with Grande Comore and Anjouan. Political, economic and social turmoil affected Mohéli and the Comoros in general. On 11 August 1997, Mohéli seceded from the Comoros, a week after Anjouan. Mohéli's secessionist leaders were Said Mohamed Soefu who became president , and Soidri Ahmed , who became prime minister . Mohéli rejoined Comoros in 1998. In 2002, Mohéli ratified

192-482: The French territory Mayotte , is the Comorian ethnic group, a synthesis of Bantu , Arab , Malay and Malagasy culture . The main religion is Sunni Islam . On 19 April 2001, the first protected area in this country – Mohéli Marine Park  – was gazetted. This was the culmination of a unique process by which the local communities in the ten villages around the park boundaries negotiated

216-578: The Lambert Charter – including the implementation of public works projects (fallen trees, making roads, building canals etc.), control over minting coinage, exclusive mining rights and more as part of the purview of Lambert's proposed Compagnie de Madagascar (French Madagascar Company) – were especially controversial. The citizens' concern stemmed from clauses in the agreement that would have permit Lambert's company to become permanent owners of Malagasy lands. Until this point, land in Madagascar, which

240-508: The Vilaine. Inhabitants of Redon are called Redonnais/Redonnaises in French. The municipality launched a linguistic plan through Ya d'ar brezhoneg on 10 October 2008. In 2008, 14.31% of primary-school children attended bilingual schools. Redon is twinned with: This Ille-et-Vilaine geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mwali Mohéli [mɔ.e.li] , also known as Mwali ,

264-610: The agreement put in place. The new king confirmed the charter and bestowed on him the title of "Duke of Merina" (duc d'Imerina). Lambert and other businessmen founded the Compagnie de Madagascar in Paris as a joint stock company to take advantage of the charter; its official title was La compagnie de Madagascar financière, industrielle et commerciale and it was authorized by imperial decree of 2 May 1863. The special privileges accorded to Joseph-François Lambert and his partners under

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288-515: The charter, leading to considerable friction between the Companie de Madagascar and the French government versus the Merina. It would still take three decades and several French interventions to make Madagascar a French colony. Breaking of the Lambert Charter was one of the pretenses for later French military involvement in the Franco-Hova war that led to the French conquest of the island. As

312-492: The island and established the sultanate of Mwali. In the mid-nineteenth century its ruler was Queen Jumbe-Souli . In 1886, France made the island a protectorate. Until 1889, Mwali had its own French resident , but the island was then subjugated to the residency of Anjouan. The sultanate was dismantled in 1909 following the French annexation of the island. French colonial stamps bearing the inscription "Mohéli" were circulated between 1906 and 1912. In 1975, Mohéli agreed to join

336-418: The majority in the island assembly, allying with the councillors (equivalent to deputies at the national level) of those of President Ikililou's supporters and related parties (UPDC party). In May 2016, following the island governors' elections , it was Mohamed Said Fazul who won against President Ikililou's wife ( Hadidja Dhoinine ) in the 5-year governorship elections. It is therefore the second time he takes

360-465: The new Comorian constitution, which provided for a less centralized federal government and more power to the island governments. It helped settle continuing political turmoil on Comoros and continuing secessionism on Anjouan. The same year, Mohamed Said Fazul was elected president. His supporters won most seats in Mohéli's delegation to Parliament in the legislative elections of 2004. Mohamed Said Fazul

384-405: The prince had no official French authority at that time and his actions could have been treacherous. With these documents, Lambert went to London and Paris to try to elicit help and support to overthrow the ruling queen and have her replaced by her son. Although no official help was forthcoming, he returned to Madagascar in 1857 to implement the plotted coup himself. The world traveler Ida Pfeiffer

408-411: The reins of the island of Moheli. As a reminder, at the national level, it is the former president (2002-2006) Azali Assoumani who won the elections before Mohamed Ali Soilih . This is his second term (2016-2021) as President of the Union of the Comoros . Mohéli's population, as of 2006 , is about 38,000. Its main ethnic group, as on the other Comoros islands Grande Comore and Anjouan as well as

432-623: The situation in Madagascar had turned unfavourable after the death of Radama II, Lambert moved to the Comoro Islands in 1865 where he ruled as Regent of Mwali from 1868–71. He died in 1873. Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine Redon ( French pronunciation: [ʁədɔ̃] ; Breton pronunciation: [ˈreːdõn] ) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France . It

456-546: Was a member of his travel party and thus an unwitting participant in the coup attempt, which ultimately failed. Queen Ranavalona executed the locals who were involved and banished the Europeans implicated, including Lambert, Laborde , and Pfeiffer. Lambert with the survivors embarked and returned to Mauritius . After the Queen's death in 1861, prince Rakoto succeeded her as King Radama II , and Lambert saw his chance to have

480-661: Was a parish by the name of Riedones which gave the town its name. In 832, Conwoion, a Breton monk with the help of the Carolingian Emperor Louis the Pious founded the abbey of Saint-Sauveur de Redon . Today, documents relating to the life of the abbey still exist. The town developed around the abbey until a small rural community of 6,000 inhabitants was formed in the 1960s. In the Middle Ages, Redon benefitted from maritime commerce due to its location on

504-499: Was elected president of Mohéli in 2002 against Mohamed Hassanaly . The legislative assembly of the autonomous island of Moheli has ten seats and was elected on 14 and 21 March 2004. Nine seats were won by the supporters of Said Mohamed Fazul and the last by a supporter of Azali Assoumani . In 2007, Mohamed Ali Said was elected president of the autonomous island of Moheli (currently president instead of governor) against Said Mohamed Fazul. After shortening his two-year term, which

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528-648: Was redesignated Mohéli National Park in 2010, and in 2015 was expanded to include approximately three-quarters of the island's land area. A 6,268 ha tract encompassing the highlands of the interior of the western part of the island, including Mount Mlédjélé, has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports populations of Comoro olive pigeons , Comoro blue pigeons , tropical shearwaters , Moheli scops owls , Malagasy harriers , Moheli brush warblers , Moheli bulbuls , Comoro thrushes , Humblot's sunbirds and red-headed fodies . Mohéli Bandar Es Eslam Airport between

552-498: Was to end in 2012, due to problems with the electoral calendar, Mohamed Ali Said was re-elected governor of the autonomous island of Moheli in December 2010 against the presidential majority candidate Said Ali Hilali . The election of the island's councillors was won by an absolute majority by Mohamed Ali Said's camp. Following the legislative and communal elections held in 2015, it was Governor Mohamed Ali Said's party that won

576-546: Was viewed by the populace as the sacred ground of the ancestors, could only ever be temporarily possessed by foreigners until their death, at which point the land would revert to the crown. The threat of permanently losing any part of sacred Malagasy soil to foreigners was deeply troubling and galvanized many in Radama's court against him. Radama was assassinated on 12 May 1863. The new government under Queen Rasoherina and Prime Minister Rainivoninahitriniony sought to renegotiate

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