A shekara ta 1999, Anjouan yana da rikice-rikice na cikin gida kuma a ranar 1 ga watan Agusta na wannan shekarar, shugaban farko mai shekaru 80 Foundi Abdallah Ibrahim ya yi murabus, ya ba da iko ga mai tsarawa na kasa, Abeid Said. An hambarar da gwamnati a cikin juyin mulki da sojojin ruwa da jami'an ruwa a ranar 9 ga watan Agusta, 2001.
Shekarar 1997