Sao Tome and Principe News

• Sao Tome and Principe: Pinto da Costa becomes Sao Tome's president

  

  Communist-era strongman Manuel Pinto da Costa returned to power Saturday when he was invested as Sao Tome president after an election campaign based on fighting corruption.
  
  Twenty-one years after he lost office in the African archipelago, Pinto da Costa, who won August 7 presidential elections, reaffirmed his campaign promises "to fight against poverty and corruption."
  
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 3rd Sep, 2011 at 06:47PM in General    Source:Vanguard  0  Comments

• Sao Tome and Principe: Nation Elects New President

  

  Voters in the tiny west African archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe vote for their next president today to decide who will lead the fight to end the nation's poverty and chronic instability.
  
  Favourite to win is former strongman Manuel Pinto da Costa who took the reins of power after playing a leading role to gain
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 18th Jul, 2011 at 10:31AM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Sao Tome and Principe: Sao Tome votes in presidential poll

  

  Residents of the Sao Tome and Principe voted Sunday to pick the next president for the tiny, impoverished west African archipelago, plagued by chronic instability.
  
  Favourite among the 10 candidates on the ballot is former strongman Manuel Pinto da Costa, who played a crucial role in the quest for independence from Portugal.
  
  After
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 17th Jul, 2011 at 07:35PM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Sao Tome and Principe: Sao Tome readies for Sunday's presidential vote

  

  Voters in the tiny west African archipelago of Sao Tome and Principe vote for their next president Sunday to decide who will lead the fight to end the nation's poverty and chronic instability.
  
  Favourite to win is former strongman Manuel Pinto da Costa who took the reins of power after playing a leading role to gain
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 17th Jul, 2011 at 08:24AM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Sao Tome and Principe: Russia To Host 2018 World Cup...Qatar In 2022

  

  In a tensed packed Zurich auditorium and thousands of eagerly awaiting football crazed fans all over the world, FIFA President Sepp Blatter on Thursday, December 2nd announced that Russia will host the 2018 World Cup....

  The Eastern European country has never previously hosted the World Cup.
  
  Sources say England was eliminated from the race to
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 2nd Dec, 2010 at 05:08PM in Sport    Source:Adnan  4  Comments