Vol 53 No 25 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Trovoada sacked 14th December 2012 Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada’s government failed to reach the end of its term, as Africa Confidential predicted (AC Vol 53 No 22, Opposition shakes Trovoada), and lawyer Gabriel...
Vol 53 No 22 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Opposition shakes Trovoada 2nd November 2012 Anti-government protestors demonstrate against the Prime Minister’s manipulation of national television The biggest challenge yet to the government of Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada saw the three opposition parties band together in a major demonstration on 19 October with ‘Save Demo...
Vol 53 No 2 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Dragons in Eden 20th January 2012 Príncipe wants a tourist bonanza and fears that São Tomé may try to obstruct it The authorities are still tracking down protestors on Príncipe island who, at dawn on 8 December, burned the national flag in front of the Regional Government building in Santo Ant...
Vol 52 No 17 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Pinto da Costa back in office 26th August 2011 Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada will have to find a way to deal with a President freed from party loyalties A veteran of the liberation struggle, Manuel Pinto da Costa, defeated Evaristo do Espírito Santo Carvalho, Speaker of Parliament and candidate of the governing Acção Democrática In...
Vol 52 No 8 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE The candidates line up 15th April 2011 An official probe into a corrupt oil deal with Nigerian companies is worrying the political class and could upset calculations in the coming elections São Tomé e Príncipe holds its much delayed presidential election in July. Meanwhile, a parliamentary inquiry into claimed corruption over an oil project with Nigeria is upsetting t...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 5 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPETAIWAN Changing horses 6th November 2008 In the latest diplomatic challenge to Taiwan, the tiny Atlantic archipelago is again flirting with Beijing The appointment of a new Prime Minister in São Tomé e Príncipe could herald a reverse for Taiwan, according to regional diplomatic sources, who say politic...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 5 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPETAIWAN All politics is international 6th November 2008 Taiwan's Presidential elections on 22 March have delayed the appointment of Taipei's new ambassadors to Gambia and São Tomé e Príncipe. Taipei may also be wa...
Vol 47 No 7 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Enter kingmakers 31st March 2006 The results of the 26 March elections will fuel concern among neighbouring countries. The coalition led by the Movimento Democrático das Forças da Mudança (MDF...
Vol 47 No 5 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Rich pickings 3rd March 2006 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 ...
Vol 46 No 12 | NIGERIASÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Blood over oil 10th June 2005 Political mayhem follows the latest oil block awards in the Joint Development Zone Ministerial resignations and dismissals in São Tomé and indignant denials of corruption in Nigeria follow the 31 May award of five blocks in the two countries' Joint ...