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1919 May 29 |
A solar eclipse occurred that was photographed by two British expeditions, one in Africa and the other in Sobral, Brazil. Arthur Eddington, British astronomer, confirmed Einstein’s prediction of the deflection of light from Principe, a Portuguese island off the Atlantic coast of Africa. In 1980 Harry Colling and Trevor Pinch published "The Golem," an account of the expedition. The play “Rose Tattoo” by Tennessee (Thomas Lanier) Williams was originally titled “The Eclipse of May 29, 1919.” Links: Brazil, Britain, Germany, Physics, Sao Tome, Sun 
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1975 Jul 12 |
The islands of Sao Tome and Principe achieved independence from Portugal. Pinto da Costa ruled Sao Tome with an iron fist for 15 years after independence. Links: Portugal, Sao Tome
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1983 Oct 18 |
ECCAS was established by the UDEAC members, Sao Tome and Príncipe and the members of the Economic Community of the Great Lakes States. Links: Cameroon, Chad, CongoDRC, Central African Rep., Sao Tome, Gabon
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1990 |
Pinto da Costa lost the presidency of Sao Tome and Principe after introducing reforms, including multi-party democracy that saw the election as president of Miguel Trovoada. Links: Sao Tome
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1991 Mar 3 |
Miguel Trovoada was installed as President of Sao Tomé e Principal. The former prime minister had returned from exile to run for president. Links: Sao Tome
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1995 Aug 16 |
Rebel soldiers in Sao Tome overthrew Pres. Miguel Trovoada. This is a two-island nation off the west coast of Africa. Links: Sao Tome
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1996 Jun 30 |
In Sao Tome and Principe, a 2-island African nation, voters went 41% for incumbent Miguel Trovoada and 39% for former Marxist ruler Manuel Pinto da Costa. A runoff was scheduled for Jul 21. Links: Sao Tome
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1996 Jul 17 |
The Community of Portuguese-Speaking countries was formed. It included Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Cape Verde and Sao Tome and Principe. Leaders then held their first summit meeting. Links: Angola, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Portugal, Mozambique, Sao Tome, Cape Verde
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2000 Dec 22 |
The US, Japan, Europe and other industrial powers agreed to provide debt relief to 22 poor nations: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Bolivia, Guyana, Honduras and Nicaragua. Links: Benin, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, USA, Japan, Cameroon, EU, Malawi, Rwanda, Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia, Guyana, Madagascar, Sao Tome, Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea
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2003 Jul 16 |
In Sao Tome, an island nation off West Africa, Pres. Fradique de Menezes was ousted in a coup led by army Maj. Fernando Pereira. The revolt changed control of the impoverished country's new oil wealth. Links: Sao Tome
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2003 Jul 21 |
In Sao Tome military coup leaders freed seven government ministers detained in last week's bloodless rebellion and resumed talks with international mediators on restoring civilian rule. Links: Sao Tome
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2003 Jul 23 |
In Sao Tome rebel leaders ended a weeklong bloodless coup after the president signed an accord promising to replace the government and give them amnesty. Links: Sao Tome
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2003 Aug 1 |
In Sao Tome PM Maria das Neves resigned. Four other government ministers also have offered to resign. Links: Sao Tome
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2005 May 10 |
The UN children's agency said it is sending medical aid to the West African country of Sao Tome and Principe to combat a cholera outbreak that has infected 131 people, killing three. Links: UN, Microbiology, Sao Tome
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2005 Oct 30 |
It was reported that tourism in Sao Tome and Principe, hovering around 6,000 per year for the last 10 years, was expected to rise to 25,000 annually by 2010. Links: Sao Tome
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2006 Jul 30 |
Residents on the tiny island nation of Sao Tome and Principe off West Africa voted for a new president. Links: Sao Tome
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2010 Nov 19 |
In the Republic of Congo 8 countries signed a convention to limit the spread of weapons in central Africa, but three countries opted out. The Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Chad, Angola, Sao Tome and Principe, Central African Republic and Cameroon all signed. Burundi, Equatorial Guinea and Rwanda did not sign. Links: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, CongoDRC, Central African Rep., Sao Tome, Congo Rep., Gabon
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2010 |
In Sao Tome and Principe the Democratic Action party of Pres. Patrice Trovoada won legislative elections. Links: Sao Tome
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2011 Jul 17 |
Voters in the tiny west African archipelago of Sao Tome and Principe voted for their next president. 54% of the country's 200,000 people have been described as poor by the UN Development Program (UNDP). Former strongman Manuel Pinto da Costa led the field with 35.85% of the vote. Speaker Evaristo Carvalho was second with 21.82% and will challenge the 73-year-old former president on July 24. Links: Sao Tome
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2011 Aug 7 |
Sao Tome and Principe voted peacefully in the second round of a presidential election. Former strongman Manuel Pinto da Costa (75) was elected back to power. Links: Sao Tome
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2011 Sep 3 |
Sao Tome’s communist-era strongman Manuel Pinto da Costa returned to power when he was invested as president after an election campaign based on fighting corruption. Links: Sao Tome
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2012 Jul 26 |
The UN's food agency said 10 Central African countries have agreed to take part in a regional initiative to monitor the Congo Basin, one of the world's largest primary rainforests. They included Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda and Sao Tome and Principe. Links: Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, UN, Rwanda, Equatorial Guinea, CongoDRC, Central African Rep., Sao Tome, Congo Rep., Gabon
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2013 Apr 7 |
Missionary Jerry Krause (54) disappeared near Sao Tome island as he flew in a twin-engine Beechcraft 1900C from South Africa to Mali. Links: Air Crash, Sao Tome
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2013 Nov 12 |
The Sao Tome government and Chinese representatives signed an agreement to open a trade mission to promote projects in Sao Tome and Principe, 16 years after it broke off relations over the tiny Central African island nation's diplomatic recognition of Taiwan. Links: China, Sao Tome
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2016 Aug 7 |
Voters in the tiny west African archipelago of Sao Tome and Principe went to the polls to elect a new president, but only one candidate stood in a runoff the incumbent boycotted as fraudulent. Some 111,000 voters had originally been due to choose between Evaristo Carvalho, who won 49.8 percent in the first round, and President Manuel Pinto da Costa, who took 24.83 percent. Links: Sao Tome
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2016 Dec 20 |
Sao Tome and Principe severed diplomatic relations with Taiwan. On Dec 22 PM Patrice Trovoada said this was the correct decision given China's importance as a strategic partner and the need to improve the lives of Sao Tomeans. Links: China, Taiwan, Sao Tome
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2016 Dec 26 |
China and Sao Tome and Principe officially resumed diplomatic relations in a triumph for Beijing over rival Taiwan after the African island nation abruptly broke away from the self-ruled island last week. Links: China, Sao Tome
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2018 Nov 30 |
Swiss-based FIFA's ethics committee said it has imposed a four-year ban on Manuel Dende, former president of the Sao Tomean Football Association, for accepting a bribe, reportedly from former presidential candidate Mohamed bin Hammam. Dende was also fined 75,000 Swiss francs ($75,000). Links: Switzerland, Sao Tome, Soccer
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2020 Apr 7 |
The island nation of Sao Tome e Principe confirmed its first case of the coronavirus. Links: Sao Tome
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2021 Feb 24 |
Portugal said it will send 5% of its COVID-19 vaccine shots to a group of Portuguese-speaking African countries and to the tiny nation of East Timor in the second half of the year. Portugal's former African colonies include Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, and Sao Tome and Principe. Links: Angola, Portugal, Mozambique, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, COVID-19
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2021 Sep 5 |
Polls closed in a presidential run-off in Sao Tome and Principe between the archipelago's former infrastructure minister Carlos Vila Nova, who won the first round in July, and former prime minister Guilherme Posser da Costa. Evaristo Carvalho 979) did not seek a second five-year term in the largely ceremonial post. Links: Sao Tome
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2022 Nov 25 |
PM Patrice Trovoada said the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe thwarted a coup attempt overnight. Former soldier, Arlecio Costa, was detained in relation to the coup. Links: Sao Tome
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