Campaigns for Sunday’s presidential and regional elections in Comoros are set to end on Friday, amid calls for boycott by some presidential candidates.
Incumbent President Azali Assoumani is facing five challengers for his bid for a fourth term.
For months, some of the candidates have threatened to boycott the election over the detention of political prisoners and concerns about the poll’s credibility.
Mr Assoumani, 65, is a former military officer who first came to power after a coup in 1999.
Both President Assoumani and the electoral body CENI have assured the country of a transparent election.
More than 300,000 people are registered to vote in the tiny African archipelago, the population of which is estimated at 836,000 by the World Bank.