Sao Tome and Principe News

By Grace Soong--While practicing medicine in Africa requires great deal of courage and passion, it also inspires hope in life, Taiwanese doctors said at the celebration of the launch of a book about Taiwan's medical mission in a developing country, yesterday.

Public Information Notices form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies.

The Sub-Committee on Least Developed Countries, on January 20, agreed to start work on developing recommendations to 'further strengthen, streamline and operationalize' current guidelines on the accession process of LDCs, as called for in a decision by the Eighth WTO Ministerial Conference last month.

It is engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil and natural gas.

The islands of Sao Tome and Principe are situated in the equatorial Atlantic about 200 miles and 150 miles , respectively, off the northwest coast of Gabon .