Sao Tome general elections hit by protest boycotts

Sao Tome general elections hit by protest boycotts
Reuters South Africa - Johannesburg,South Africa
... in Sao Tome are battling to win an outright majority to secure political stability ahead of an expected oil bonanza in the impoverished former Portuguese colony ...

A Peace Laureate's Christmas Wish
Norway.org - Norway
... In 1975, Indonesia invaded and occupied the former Portuguese colony of some 800,000 people whose largely Catholic population has been systematically oppresed ...

Seven Arrested After Riots in East Timor
Voice of America - USA
... The former Portuguese colony voted for independence from Indonesia in a United Nations sponsored vote in 1999, but pro-Jakarta militias, many backed by the ...

NATO To Stage African Show of Force
DefenseNews.com (subscription) - USA
... The former Portuguese colony of Cape Verde is a volcanic archipelago comprising some 10 islands situated some 500 km (300 miles) off the Senegalese coast, with ...