Vol 64 No 5 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE A vendetta that went wrong 2nd March 2023 A botched attempt at revenge was the conclusion of São Tomé's Public Prosecutor following its investigation of the failed assault of the military barracks of 25 Novem...
Vol 63 No 24 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPEMILITARY A coup and a cover-up 1st December 2022 In the early hours of 25 November, heavy gunfire was heard in the military district in São Tomé when four men, Sãotomean veterans of apartheid South Africa's i...
Vol 63 No 20 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Trovoada returns after poll win 6th October 2022 The opposition Acção Democrática Independente (ADI) of former Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada has won the general election with 46.8% of the vote. ADI polled 4...
Vol 63 No 9 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Fake passports unseat advisor 28th April 2022 President Carlos Vila Nova has been forced into an embarrassing climb over one of his appointees, raising questions about accountability and ethics at the heart of the government. ...
Vol 62 No 18 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Trovoada gets his man 9th September 2021 As expected, on 5 September, Carlos Vila Nova, candidate of the opposition Acção Democrática Independente (ADI) won the presidential run-off with (57.5%), according to the provisio...
Vol 62 No 15 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Victory by proxy 22nd July 2021 Former Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada may be in self-imposed exile in Portugal but his political influence is undimmed. Carlos Vila Nova, the Acção Democrátic...
Vol 61 No 24 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Long-distance leader 3rd December 2020 São Tomé's government-controlled Constitutional Court has denied recognition of veteran politician Patrice Trovoada's unopposed election in absentia as leader of the opposition Acç...
Vol 61 No 14 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE The temporary consul 9th July 2020 São Tomé and Príncipe has cancelled the appointment of the controversial Chad-born French businessman Vincent Miclet as honorary consul in Marrakech, Morocco, after it emerged he h...
Vol 60 No 10 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Graft, or statescraft? 17th May 2019 The detention of an ex-finance minister on corruption charges looks more like a ruse to keep his former boss in exile While dethroned Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada was able to leave São Tomé for his luxury home in Lisbon after losing power, one of his most prominent ministers has n...
Vol 59 No 24 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE End for Trovoada 7th December 2018 On 3 December, Jorge Bom Jesus, the leader of the Movimento de Libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe/Partido Social Democrata (MLSTP/PSD), was sworn ...