By Victoria Schneider The West African island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe has formally designated its first two protected ...

Wander amidst the faded colonial splendor of Sao Tome, the capital of Sao Tome and Principe, and it’s easy to be charmed by the African city’s laid back, tropical simplicity. Traders jostle to sell ...

Three out of four citizens are unhappy with their security services. The government just told them why and what it plans to do about it ...

The first archaeological dig of São Tomé and Príncipe’s largest sugar mill sheds light on the birth of plantation agriculture and slavery as a racial system Edsiley da Encarnação’s wooden stilt house ...

Their governments are shifting from policy design to execution-ready infrastructure and investable project pipelines.

São Tomé e Príncipe President Carlos Vila Nova dismissed the government on 6 January, citing its “inability” to address the country’s issues and the “frequent” absences of the prime minister, Patrice ...

The military accord that was signed in April by Russia and the African island state of São Tomé and Príncipe deals with military training and old Soviet-era stockpiled explosives that need to be ...

São Tomé and Príncipe will establish eight marine protected areas (MPAs) covering 93 square kilometers (36 square miles) of coastal habitats in the Gulf of Guinea. The island nation aims to protect ...

The forests of Sao Tome and Principe are being lost at an alarming rate. Ricardo Lima When visiting the volcanic islands of São Tomé and Príncipe off the coast of West Africa, one is immediately ...

A chronology of key events: 16th century - Sao Tome colonised by the Portuguese, who bring in slaves to work sugar plantations. Becomes important staging post for slave trade. Portugal granted ...

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