Yearbook 2007
São Tomé and Príncipe. According to CountryAAH, Sao Tome is the capital city of Sao Tome and Principe. The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund repaid São Tomé and Príncipe’s multilateral debt of US $ 327 million, representing 91 percent of the country’s total foreign debt. Debt amortization, a reward for the government’s economic reforms, would have been granted as early as 2003 but was postponed due to political instability and ambiguity with the law governing the exploitation of the country’s supposed oil resources.
During the fall, the small island nation was shaken by three minor revolts within the Ninjas elite police force. The police claimed that they had not received promised financial compensation for participation in special education in Angola in 2003. They occupied the police headquarters and took hostages. Since two rounds of negotiations only led to temporary solutions to the crisis, the army was deployed at the third occupation and seized the Mysterists. Parliament commissioned an investigation into possible political links to the police uprising.
- According to abbreviationfinder: ST is the 2-letter acronym for the country of Sao Tome and Principe.
History. – During the first decade of the 21st century, São Tomé and Príncipe recorded good rates of economic growth and tried, through specific legislative interventions, to attract more foreign investments; however, dependence on international aid was still strong. In the management of these aids and in the affairs linked to the potential exploitation of the country’s oil resources, there were incidents of corruption. In 2007, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank agreed to a cancellation of more than 90% of the foreign debt, and a further cut was guaranteed by the countries of the Paris club, the multilateral forum where the restructuring of the sovereign debt of the least developed countries is discussed.
At the political level, instability remained: following the difficulties encountered in approving the budget, in February 2008 Prime Minister Tomé Vera Cruz announced his resignation; but the new executive chaired by Patrice Trovoada of the independent Acção democrática party (ADI) was disheartened by the Parliament in the following month of May. In June, a government was established led by the Movimento de libertação de São Tomé e Príncipe / Partido social demócrata (MLSTP / PSD) and chaired by Joaquim Rafael Branco who, thwarted an alleged coup in February 2009, remained in office until the elections of August 2010 The vote saw the affirmation of the ADI, which won 43.1% of the votes and 26 seats, and Trovoada again assumed the post of premier. In the presidential election of August 2011, ADI candidate Evaristo Carvalho was instead defeated in the second round by Manuel Pinto da Costa, who presented himself as an independent candidate and former head of state from 1975 to 1991. In November 2012, a motion of censure against the Trovoada government was approved by Parliament and the task of forming a new executive was entrusted to Gabriel Costa, who had the support of the MLSTP / PSD, the Partido convergência democrática (PCD) and the Movimento democrático das forças da mudança-Partido Liberal (MDFM-PL). Trovoada launched the accusation of a parliamentary coup orchestrated with the support of the President of the Republic, the ADI organized some demonstrations in support of the former premier and his deputies temporarily boycotted the sessions of Parliament.
The October 2014 elections saw ADI win again, winning 33 seats, and Trovoada – whom the PCD had also accused of being involved in money laundering operations – returned prime minister.
São Tomé and Príncipe weather in March, April and May
Daily temperatures averaging 29 to 30 ° C can be expected over the next three months. The temperatures hardly fluctuate during this time.
Do you want to go on a beach holiday? The water temperatures are in March, April and May 28-29 ° C. This is great weather for a great time on the beach and in the water.
In March it rains on 9 (São Tomé) to 13 days (Santo Antonio), in April on 8 (São Tomé) to 13 days (Santo Antonio) and in May on 8 (São Tomé) to 14 days (Santo Antonio).
In the period from March to May the sun shines on average between 0 and 5 hours a day. The sunniest weather is in March in São Tomé, with less sun you have to get by in March in Santo Antonio.