São Tomé & Príncipe

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...

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 standoff between President Fradique de Menezes and oil interests in Nigeria, Norway and the United States blocks development of São Tomé e Príncipe's offshore zone, which may...

A symbol of regional cooperation, the Nigeria-São Tomé e Príncipe Joint Development Zone (JDZ), launched only in January, looks close to collapse.

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...

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,...

Negotiators from giant Nigeria and tiny São Tomé e Príncipe hope to conclude a landmark agreement to settle a border dispute at talks due to begin in São...

In a deal with São Tomé Petroleum, America's Mobil has bought information rights to all 22 of the blocks on offer. The most promising strip of sea-bed lies...