The contemporary political history of the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe

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African island leader released
Reuter, Washington Post 20 August 1995. Portugal has welcomed the release of Miguel Trovoada, the ousted president of Sao Tome and Principe, by military coup leaders.
São Tome And Príncipe To Receive US$200 Million In Debt-Service Relief
World Bank press release, 2 January 2001. The World Bank and the IMF have agreed to support a comprehensive debt reduction package for São Tome and Príncipe under the enhanced Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC Initiative). Condition is implementation of a full Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP): Structural reforms; liberalization of exchange and trade.
Efforts to Avert Constitutional Crisis
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 24 January 2003. Prime Minister, Maria das Neves, and Chief Justice, Alice Graca, attempt to avert a constitutional crisis following the dissolution of parliament by President Fradique de Menezes. Several parliamentary leaders denounced Menezes' actions as unconstitutional and headed towards dictatorship.
Military Coup in Sao Tome State Bodies Dissolved
Agence France Presse, Arab News, Al-Jazeerah 17 July 2003. The leaders of a military coup in Sao Tome and Principe yesterday announced the dissolution of all state bodies and set up a junta of national salvation.
FG Moves to Restore Civilian Government in Sao Tome
By Charles Ozoemena, Abuja, Vanguard, 18 July 2003. Nigeria in partnership with other African countries is taking immediate steps to restore Sao Tome and Principe government of President Fradique de Menezes. International protests against the coup have continued to mount with the US, the UN and Portugal, the island's former colonial master, condemning it.
Sao Tome Coup Leaders Reinstate Deposed President
By Paul Ohia With Agency Reports, This Day (Lagos), 24 July 2003. Barely a week after a coup in Sao Tome and Principe the military junta ceded to international pressure and allowed President Fradiqe de Menezes to come home. African and U.S. mediators, anxious to reverse the takeover on islands which lie in an oil-producing region of increasing strategic importance to the fuel-hungry U.S. The coup leaders initially demanded a new government to combat poverty and since described the coup as a wake up call for the criminal government.
Country Moves to Strengthen Financial Oversight
United Nations Development Programme (New York), 25 July 2003. Oversight of public finances by setting up a national Audit Office, with support from UNDP. The peaceful reversal this week of a coup by military forces earlier this month means that the initiative can go forward.
Sao Tome president denies allegation of dissolving parliament
Xinhua, 13 March 2004. Sao Tome President Fradique de Menezes has denied that he intends to dissolve the parliament and call early elections. The week-long festering government crisis broke out when Prime Minister das Neves renounced accords signed or under negotiation by the ministers of natural resources and foreign affairs.