Sao Tome and Principe News

Bishop Emilio Sumbelelo of Uije has launched an appeal to send emergency aid for Angolans forced to return to their native country, from the Democratic Republic of Congo .

A few months ago we reported that, according to our records, Internet Evolution was practically global -- with registered readers in almost every single country of the world.

The H1N1 vaccine on a table before use at the Mollen Immunization Clinics set up at Bashas grocery store Saturday, Oct.

WHO has published Pandemic 2009 - update 71 . Excerpt from a long report: As of 17 October 2009, worldwide there have been more than 414,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and nearly 5000 deaths reported to WHO.

Maybe compensation should have been capped a long time ago! From First Read: Can You Spare Some Change? Here's a fun number Since 2000, Jon Corzine and New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg have remarkably spent a combined $338.8 million on their campaigns.

Ali Bongo Ondimba, the victor in the Aug. 30 presidential elections, took oath of office on Friday at the Presidential Palace in Libreville and succeeded his father Omar Bongo Ondimba, who died on June 8 at the age of 73, after ruling the West African country for 41 years.

Ali Bongo Ondimba, son of Gabon's late strongarm leader, was sworn in as president on Friday nearly two months after his hotly disputed election victory.

Taiwan has concluded a signature drive for its bids to participate in two United Nations specialized agencies, but not all of the country's allies endorsed it, Taiwanese officials posted in the United States said Tuesday.

Professor Dennis Desjardin is a well-named man. The San Francisco State mushroom specialist's handle, translated from French, literally means "of the garden." Earn a Ph.D in botany and people do point this out.

Although in 2008 only and Sao Tome and Principe were part of the medium development nations, in 2009 Angola joined this list by rising 14 places in the ranking.

This was not the first time Ma made a faux pas since he took office in May last year.

Two independent ratings of Africa's best- and worst-governed nations - one released Monday, the other last week - both put Mauritius at the top of the heap and Somalia at the bottom and reached often similar, though far from identical, conclusions about the 51 countries in between.

Speaking yesterday at the biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit in Washington D.C., Paul Hinks, Symbion Power CEO, announced plans for training initiatives that will act as the cornerstone of the company's foray into Africa.

Taipei, Oct. 1 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed appreciation Thursday for the support of Taiwan's diplomatic allies for the country's efforts to seek meaningful participation in United Nations specialized agencies.

In Africa, three countries are known as Guinea this or Guinea that. There is Guinea-Conakry, where according to news reports, soldiers have killed 157 protesters; then there is Guinea-Bissau and the oil-rich Equatorial Guinea.

A team from the International Monetary Fund , led by Mr. Tsidi Tsikata, visited Sao Tome and Principe during September 11-24, 2009 to conduct the first review under the three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility arrangement .

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Macedonia is ranked 32nd of the 183 economies covered by the World Bank Doing Business 2010 report, 37 places up from 69th a year earlier.

For erectile dysfunction, herbal healers prescribe a bit of bark to heat until soft, chew and spit out.

Zinaldina dos Reus, Zizi for her friends, is washing clothes by a stream near the airport in So Tom.