Full Coverage: Sao Tome and Principe

24.07.2003 Military leaders who had taken control of the West African island nation of Sao Tome and Principe--which expects to begin receiving revenues from offshore oil drilling next year--agreed late Wednesday to hand power back to the country's civilian president in return for a promise to hold fresh elections.

17.07.2003 Nell'arcipelago di Sao Tomé e Principe č in atto da ieri 16 luglio un colpo di stato. Colonia portoghese sino al 1975, il piů piccolo stato dell'Africa č in piena crisi per la produzione del cacao, ma sono forti le aspettative per l'estrazione di petrolio dai fondali prospicienti alle isole.

16.07.2003 The army took control the tiny West African island nation of Sao Tomé and Príncipe early this morning in a mostly bloodless coup, taking advantage of the President's visit to Nigeria and declaring a "junta of national salvation." The country--one of the poorest in the world--is expecting a windfall from offshore oilfields due to begin production within four years, and has recently drawn interest from Nigeria and the United States, both militarily and economically.

19.03.2001 A review of IMF loan policies in forty random countries reveals that, during 2000, IMF loan agreements in 12 countries included conditions imposing water privatization or full cost recovery. In general, it is African countries, and the smallest, poorest and most debt-ridden countries that are being subjected to IMF conditions on water privatization and full cost recovery.

01.01.1970 SAO TOME, Jun 30 (IPS) - The discovery of oil in the rugged and forested islands of Sao Tome and Principe has raised both hope and fear in the former Portuguese colony located off the west coast of Africa.