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São Tomé and Príncipe (Vol 8, 2011)

in Africa Yearbook Online
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Gerhard Seibert
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In August, Manuel Pinto da Costa, the country’s first president, in office from 1975 to 1991, became the third democratically elected president. Foreign tourism investments in Príncipe provoked a conflict between the island’s regional government and the central government. The Angolan oil company Sonangol took control of São Tomé’s harbour and airport, while the country’s oil sector made little progress.

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