THE Organisation of African Unity (OAU) announced on Tuesday the suspension of an embargo against the breakaway Comoran island of Anjouan following its leaders’ agreement to return to the negotiating table. A communique issued following a meeting in Pretoria of regional OAU ministers on Friday said they had also mandated South Africa to initiate discussions with France — the former colonial power — and other potential donors ”with a view to accelerating the release of funds for the socio-economic development” of the Indian Ocean archipelago. The communique, issued through the South African foreign ministry, which chaired the conference, did not explain the unusual four-day gap between the meeting and the announcement.