Sao Tome and Principe News

Robert Drewes was having an Indiana Jones moment, wrestling a giant python in Africa.

Chocolopolis is having a tasting with Marie-Francoise Barnhart of Claudio Corallo Chocolate on Thursday, January 28 from 7 to 9 p.m. Learn about Claudio's unique chocolate making process, starting with the cacao trees on his farms on the islands of Sao Tome and Principe off the western coast of Africa.

Saudi Arabia: 1 hour, 49 minutes ago PRESS RELEASE Mobily announced on Saturday that subscribers to Mobily's prepaid and postpaid services can enjoy international voice calls with a new competitive rate.

Chang Yu-tai, second left, a surgeon at the Hoping branch of Taipei Hospital, is flanked by members of the medical team that will accompany him to Sao Tome and Principe, where they will help doctors and train medical staff.

By Fanny Liu CNA Staff Writer A well-known Taiwanese surgeon who has spent all his annual leave for nearly a decade offering free treatment in less-developed countries, has decided to lead a medical team on a one-year mission to one of the smallest countries in Africa.

Copenhagen, Dec. 18 A marathon meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference was held in the Danish capital Thursday, during which many of Taiwan's diplomatic allies spoke in support of Taiwan's inclusion in the group until a Chinese delegate cut in to oppose the bid.

Some 200 students from Taipei Medical University held a march yesterday in downtown Taipei to raise awareness of AIDS-related human rights issues.

Who wants to be a millionaire for under $200? Come on, even your mom could afford that.

India has extended a line of credit of $5 million to the island nation of Sao Tome and Principe, as well as a grant of $1 million for setting up an institute for the small sector industry.

Source: Published: Sunday, November 29, 2009 HARARE, Zimbabwe - Church officials in southern Africa said many people in their region still "live in abject poverty" because of "bad governance, corruption and human irresponsibility." General secretaries of bishops' conferences who met in Harare, Zimbabwe, in mid-November expressed concern about ...

Yemen's national airline escaped being placed on an EU blacklist, despite calls for it to be banned from flying to Europe following a June crash that killed 152 people, the EU said Friday.

The European Union added all airlines from Djibouti, the Republic of Congo and Sao Tome and Principe to its airline safety blacklist on Friday, but Yemenia Yemen Airways avoided inclusion despite a fatal crash in June.

After the visit of the Cape Verde foreign minister last week, a high-level delegation from yet another small African country will be visiting India, that of Sao Tome and Principe.

'The Africa Cup for soccer is an opportunity to strengthen dialogue between people of different cultures, to increase esteem and respect for each other and build a friendship that goes beyond all barriers of race, culture or politics.' This is what the Bishops of Angola and Sao Tome and Principe say in a pastoral statement issued after their 2nd ...

The Reserve Bank of India has directed banks to keep a watch on transactions of customers with countries like Pakistan and Iran since concerns have been raised about rules there in combating terror funding.

Holidays are such an important part of each countries tradition along with supporting its culture.

Holidays are such an important part of each countries tradition along with supporting its culture.

The 13th UNCTAD's African Oil, Gas, Minerals, Trade and Finance Conference, takes off toady in Bamako, Mali with focus on the critical role information can play in the natural-resource sector.

The Commission for Migrants of the Bishops' Conference of Angola and Sao Tome and Principe will present the issue of Angolans refugees forced out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at the Sixth International Congress of Migration, which is being held at the Vatican November 9 to 12 .

The international law enforcement agency Interpol is cracking down on the sale of stolen luxury cars in Central Africa.