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- Vol 47 No 7
- 31/03/2006
Enter kingmakers
The results of the 26 March elections will fuel concern among neighbouring countries. The coalition led by the Movimento Democrático das Forças da Mudança (MDFM), nominally loyal to President Fradique de Menezes, appears set to em...
- Vol 47 No 5
- 03/03/2006
Rich pickings
Expectations of an imminent oil boom may dominate campaigning for the 26 March parliamentary elections. It is five years since São Tomé signed a deal with Nigeria to establish a Joint Development Zone along their undemarcated maritime bou...
- Vol 46 No 12
- 10/06/2005
Blood over oil
Political mayhem follows the latest oil block awards in the Joint Development Zone
- Vol 45 No 20
- 08/10/2004
Democracy in action
The appointment of Damião Vaz d'Almeida as Premier on 18 September marks the impoverished archipelago's sixth change of government in three years. It also calls a halt, at least temporarily, to the career of Maria das Neves.
- Vol 45 No 3
- 04/02/2004
Gems to oil
Claims by Diamondworks, a South African-based, Canadian-registered company with a colourful history in mining and security (AC Vol 44 No 15), to have secured oil trading rights in São Tomé e Príncipe are stirring a political storm. It...
- Vol 44 No 15
- 25/07/2003
Desperados
The latest coup attempt in São Tomé e Príncipe, which only temporarily toppled President Fradique de Menezes (who was in Nigeria when it happened on 16 July) and the government of Prime Minister Maria das Neves, aroused more than the ...
- Vol 44 No 2
- 24/01/2003
Fradique's new front
A newcomer to oil finds that old deals with foreign friends gum up the works
- Vol 43 No 21
- 25/10/2002
Trouble in oil
A symbol of regional cooperation, the Nigeria-São Tomé e Príncipe Joint Development Zone (JDZ), launched only in January, looks close to collapse.
- Vol 43 No 14
- 12/07/2002
Murky waters
President Fradique de Menezes must perform a tricky balancing act developing the oil sector under transparency rules which donors insist on and keeping his big Nigerian neighbours happy (AC Vol 43 No 3).
- Vol 43 No 3
- 08/02/2002
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, Mig...
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