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 ...
Vol 45 No 20 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Democracy in action 8th October 2004 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 l...
Vol 45 No 3 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Gems to oil 4th February 2004 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 ...
Vol 44 No 15 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Desperados 25th July 2003 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) a...
Vol 44 No 2 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Fradique's new front 24th January 2003 A newcomer to oil finds that old deals with foreign friends gum up the works The standoff between President Fradique de Menezes and oil interests in Nigeria, Norway and the United States blocks development of São Tomé e Príncipe's offsh...
Vol 43 No 21 | NIGERIASÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Trouble in oil 25th October 2002 A symbol of regional cooperation, the Nigeria-São Tomé e Príncipe Joint Development Zone (JDZ), launched only in January, looks close to collapse.