Family fiefs

With parliamentary elections due next month and expectations of an oil boom, a long-simmering political feud finally exploded on 4 February with the resignation of Patrice Emery Trovoada, the 30-something Foreign Minister, son of the former President, Miguel Trovoada, and leading light of the Acção Democrática Independente (ADI).

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Patrice Emery Trovoada, Miguel Trovoada, Evaristo de Carvalho, Fradique de Menezes, Portuguese, Gabon, , Angola, Nigeria, Acção Democrática Independente, Movimento Democrático das Forças para Mudança, Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe

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