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Bribery, bullying and bad deals shatter poor nation's dreams of petroleum boom Children outside their shack in the tropical forest in Riba Mato, a suburb of Sao Tome. Yet São Tomé's bitter experience should serve as a...
Reportedly uninhabited when Portuguese traders first visited the island of São Tomé in 1472, it soon became a center for sugar plantations and the growing slave trade. In 1522 it came under direct control of the Portugal....
Latham report - Listen (MP3) Led by a new prime minister, a new governing coalition has formed in Sao Tome and Principe. The new prime minister, Rafael Branco, completed prolonged negotiations to form the government, bringing...
The residents of a tiny African island nation have been dreaming of great wealth since oil was discovered in their territorial waters. Companies, foreign powers and corrupt politicians are scrambling for drilling licenses in hopes of striking it rich.
