A court in the Comoros (an archipelago nation off Africa's eastern coast) ruled on Tuesday that no grounds exist for a medical evacuation of former president Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, who is serving a life sentence. The prosecutor general said a panel of five court-appointed doctors found Sambi to be at high cardiovascular risk and recommended a coronary angiography — a procedure unavailable in the country — but a hospital specialist contested the findings, arguing alternative tests could be conducted locally; authorities said they would seek a foreign medical opinion to resolve the dispute. Sambi's daughter, lawyer Tisslame Sambi, condemned the decision, saying the authorities had "condemned Sambi to death," while the case has already led to the detention of two journalists who reported on the former president's health.