{"id":37469,"date":"2026-06-19T07:08:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37469"},"modified":"2026-06-19T07:08:58","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T05:08:58","slug":"comoros-bars-ailing-former-president-from-seeking-treatment-abroad","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/comoros-bars-ailing-former-president-from-seeking-treatment-abroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Comoros bars ailing former President \u00a0from seeking treatment abroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has been denied permission to travel abroad for medical care, despite warnings that his health is rapidly deteriorating.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The state prosecutor\u2019s office blocked the request, stating there is no evidence to justify an urgent medical evacuation and claiming the former leader&#8217;s life is not in immediate danger.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The decision follows a series of public appeals urging the government to allow Sambi to leave the country for specialized treatment. His family and supporters have grown increasingly worried about his condition behind bars.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sambi, who led the island nation from 2006 to 2011, is currently serving a life sentence following a 2022 conviction for high treason.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking out against the ruling, his daughter, Tisslame Sambi, has strongly criticised the judiciary&#8217;s refusal to grant her father medical release, maintaining that his health remains in a critical state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23505,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-37469","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Former Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has been denied permission to travel abroad for medical care","published_date":"2026-06-19 07:06:50","news_description":"Former Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi has been denied permission to travel abroad for medical care","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37470,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37469\/revisions\/37470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}