Sao Tome and Principe News

With less than three years before a 2015 deadline, the developing world is largely expected to miss one of the U.N.'s key Millennium Development Goals : halving the number of people living in extreme poverty and hunger.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has completed the first review under a three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility for Sao Tome and Principe.

The reinforcement of cooperation between Angola and Sao Tome and Principe dominated the meeting held on Friday in Luanda between the Head of Executive, Jos Eduardo dos Santos, and the Prime Minister of Sao Tome, Gabriel Arcanjo da Costa.

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development Association grant totaling US$5.5 million in support of the Government of Sao Tome and Principe 's Second-Governance and Competitiveness Development Policy Operation .

Cape Verde President honors leading citizen of the Ghanaian community in Cape Verde His Excelency the President of Cape Verde, Dr. Jorge Carlos Fonseca decided to distinguish Mr. Tony Parker Danso, a Ghanaian citizen with second-class medal of merit.

TANZANIA is among twelve African countries to benefit from the decision by Brazil to cancel or restructure almost 900 dollars worth of debt.

The move is seen as an effort to boost economic ties between the world's seventh largest economy and the African continent.

Afren plc is an independent upstream energy company. It carries out exploration, appraisal, development and production of oil and natural gas properties.

Cova da Moura, a poor district north-west of Lisbon, was built illegally in the late 1970s by African migrants Economic migrants from Africa have been coming to Portugal for more than 50 years but they have rarely encountered such challenging times.