"The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) International is an independent humanitarian agency established in 1984 by the Seventh-day Adventist Church." ADRA STP has worked in Sao Tome and Principe since 1992. http://www.adra.st
Promotes Afro-Caribbean music. Discographies of music by Artists, Countries
(Sao
Tome), Styles, Instruments, Labels, Years. Links to related sites
and sites selling CDs and videos. Site owned by Fabrice Gaillard of Paris,
France. http://www.afromix.org/
Article by David Hecht - Island in an Oil Boom. On development in Sao Tome. "Western Africa produces a sweet crude that's easily refined into lead-free gasoline." Development views of economist Jeffrey Sachs. "The larger question is whether a massive inflow of cash - from oil or
international aid - can transform a poor country or whether the money is more
likely to make things worse." Transcript. On the site of American Public Media, owner of American Radio Works, a public radio program. [KF] http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/corruption/index.html
"Bahnhof ST is an Internet Service Provider located in São
Tomé and Principe. The mission is to set up advanced front-end Internet
technology, with a network & web-hosting central in São Tomé
and Principe, Africa. Bahnhof ST also believes strongly in contributing
to the local community by offering information services such as tourist
promoting." It run http://www.saotome.st/
the Official São Tomé and Principe tourist site. http://www.bahnhof.st/
Includes an account (with
photographs) of a trip, April - May 2001, to São Tomé and
Principé,
recounted by
Robert C. Drewes
(Curator and Chairman, Department of Herpetology) and
Fabio
Penny. The trip documented "the diversity of everything from mammals to
diatoms, or tiny planktonic algae,.." Includes
meeting with Maria
das Neves Batista de Sousa, São Tomé's Minister of
the Economy. [KF]
http://www.calacademy.org/research/guinea_islands/
In English, French, Portuguese. Full text, in
Adobe pdf. 110 p. Covers Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, Congo-Brazzaville,
Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Cameroon, Sao Tome. Professor Karl is from the
Dept. of Political Science, Stanford University. Site based in Baltimore,
Maryland. [KF] http://www.catholicrelief.org/get_involved/advocacy/policy_and_strategic_issues/oil_report_one.cfm
In Portuguese. Sao Tome's telecommunications operator,
51% owned by Portugal Telecoms International (PTI), 49% owned by the Sao Tome government. [KF] http://www.cstome.net/
In Portuguese. "uma organização internacional, criada em 17 de Julho
de 1996" comprised of Angola, Brasil, Cabo-Verde, Guiné-Bissau, Moçambique,
Portugal, São Tomé e Príncipe. Has documents / speeches from the Iª Conferência
dos Chefes de Estado in 1996 and the IIª Conferência dos Chefes de Estado
in 1998, documents from the Council of Ministers meetings, etc. Has brief
full text articles from its Boletim, brief country profiles,
events calendar. http://www.cplp.org/
In Portuguese. Official government gazette. Access is by subscription.
Has selected issues online, in Adobe pdf. On the web site of Portugal's
Imprensa Nacional - Casa da Moeda.
[KF] http://dre.pt/stp/index.html
Domain name registry for the Sao Tome domain, .st. "Anybody in the
world can register a .ST domain. Although the .ST domain is the country
code top-level domain for Sao Tome and Principe, any corporation or individual
in the world can register a domain ending with .ST." Has brief information
on São Tomé & Principe. Based in Stockholm, Sweden. [KF]
http://www.nic.st/
"Since mid-2003, Professor Jeffrey
Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University, has led a
diverse team of experts advising São Tomé e Príncipe
on a pro-bono basis,..." Goals: establish an oil revenue management
law; estabalish a national
forum for Sao Tome
citizens about the country's oil revenues and solicit their views on how they
might be spent (includes video); establish a
national plan for sustainable economic development. Country
background, government documents, reports, statistics, photographs.
[KF] http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/cgsd/STP/
ECOFAC, Conservation et utilisation
rationnelle des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale.
In French. ECOFAC, funded by the European Union, is concerned with
the environment and biodiversity of forests, animal life, etc. in the Cameroun,
Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome. Has the full text of its bulletin, Canopée,
on line. http://www.ecofac.org/
Has the scientific and French names of birds described in the book. Published
by ECOFAC (Conservation
et utilisation rationnelle des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale).
http://www.ecofac.org/GuideOiseauxSTP/Index.htm
"This website aims to provide information about the biodiversity,
and its conservation, of the four Gulf of Guinea islands of Bioko, Príncipe,
São Tomé and Annobón." Includes full text reports on birds, fish, plants,
trees, wild animals, links to related sites, abstracts of research papers,
a species list (reptiles, amphibians, birds), etc. From the Gulf of Guinea
Conservation Group which is based on the island of São Tomé. http://www.ggcg.st
"a [moderated] discussion list [in English and Portuguese]
for people interested in the Portuguese-speaking African countries (Mozambique,
Angola, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde, and Sao Tome)." " The list
was initiated by the Lusophone African Studies Organization (LASO).
LASO [affiliated with the African Studies Assoc. (U.S.)] is an independent
professional society established in the United States that is open to all
scholars with an interest in Lusophone Africa." http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/%7Elusoafri/
Subscribe at the H-Luso
Africa site; or send a message to: listserv@h-net.msu.edu
Leave subject line blank
In the body of the message write: subscribe h-luso-africa yourfirstname
yourlastname
IIEP Newsletter (UNESCO, Paris)
The International Institute for Educational Planning's, July-Sept.
1998 issue has the article: "Spotlight on education in Portuguese-speaking
Africa." http://www.unesco.org/iiep/english/newsletter/1998/jule98.htm
Institute for Security Studies (ISS) - Situation Report Update on Sao Tome
e Principe
By Gerhard Seibert. Nov. 2004. 18 p. In
pdf. Also April 2004. 18 p. In
pdf. See other
reports on Sao Tome (including the 2003 coup). Based in Pretoria,
South Africa. [KF] http://www.iss.org.za/AF/profiles/saotome/research.htm
Founded 1989 at the Univ. of Durham (UK). One of its most useful features
is a keyword
searchable News Database which retrieves articles from the
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, West Africa, Keesings, and other
sources. One can also do keyword searches of messages posted to their email
discussion list, Int-Boundaries. Has links to related net resources.
[KF] http://www-ibru.dur.ac.uk
Full text reports on São Tomé and Príncipe 's economy.
Includes "São Tomé and Príncipe : Recent Economic
Developments" and "São Tomé and Príncipe
- Statistical Appendix." http://www.imf.org/external/country/STP/index.htm
In Portuguese and English. Full text laws of São Tomé and Príncipe. Articles such as the Petroleum Industry Organization, How to set up a company, how to apply for investment incentives. Facts about the country, news. The Constitution (42 p. in PDF), treaties (joint development of petroleum between Nigeria and Sao Tome, 27 p. in PDF), investment laws, labor laws, intellectual property laws. Links to related sites. Maintained by Rute Martins Santos and Kiluange Tiny, two lawyers based in Portugal. [KF] http://www.juristep.com
Kyle, Steven - Papers on Sao Tome
Professor Kyle teaches
in the Department of Applied Economics and Management , Cornell University.
http://www.kyle.aem.cornell.edu/
Papers on Sao Tome include -
"We're Rich!! Or Are We? Oil and Development in Sao Tome
& Principe." 35 p. (Department of Applied Economics and
Management, Staff Paper No. 2003-02 May 2003. In
Adobe pdf.
“ Dutch Disease in Sao Tome e Principe: Policy Options for
the Coming Oil Boom.” 39 p. (Department of Applied Economics
and Management Working Paper No. 2002-04, February 2002. In
Adobe pdf.
From the Association des chercheurs de la revue Lusotopie.
Pub. by Editions Karthala, Paris. Abstracts in French, Portuguese, English. Full
text articles on-line. Annual academic journal first published
in 1994. Political analysis of Portuguese-speaking countries. Search by
keyword across all issues in English, Portuguese, and French. http://www.cean.u-bordeaux.fr/lusotopie/
In Portuguese. Site takes a while to load. Historical postcards
from Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé
e Príncipe. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger image. João
M.Loureiro, owner of the postcards, has published them as books which are
sold on the web site. http://www.postaisultramar.com.pt
"an area of overlapping maritime boundary claims that will be jointly developed by the two countries." Concerns joint development of oil resources. Maps, charts of petrolelum prospecting. Petroleum legislation, press releases. Based in Abuja, Nigeria. [KF] http://www.nigeriasaotomejda.com/
Obo National Park (Parque Natural Ôbo) "created on both Sao Tome and Principe islands to protect the country unique natural heritage" Events, photos, walking tours, history, attractions (Monte Pico climb, birding, botanical garden). Links to some full text articles (mainly scientific). http://www.obopark.com/
Prepared by Zoran Roca. Covers Angola, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique,
São Tomé and Príncipe. From the Population Information
Network (POPIN) of the United Nations Population Division (DESIPA), in collaboration
with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/x0258e/x0258e00.htm
and Older site: http://www.un.org/popin/fao/lusophone.html
Discussion group, in Portuguese and English. "You can take part using
any latin language or english. Organized by the Societat Antropogeogràfica
a Barcelona-Centre d'Estudis Transfronterers." Has Sao Tome web
sites. The list moderator is Xavier Muñoz. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saotome
In English, Portuguese, German. Page from a German company promoting tourism
and investment in the islands. Has an audio file of the national anthem
(for those with sounds cards/speakers). http://www.sao-tome.com/
In Portuguese. News from Fax Jornal, Tribuna,
information on culture, new books, links to related sites. The webmaster
is Matthias Bürcher. On the web site of Belle Nuit Montage in Lausanne,
Switzerland. http://www.stome.com
In Portuguese. Information on the Deputies, Commissions, full text of
the Constitution, text of laws related to the Assembly, words of the national
anthem, etc. http://www.parlamento.st/
In Portuguese. List of cabinet members, Programa do VIII Governo Constitucional
da Segunda República, etc. http://212.54.130.168/sites/gabinetepm/index.htm
In Portuguese. Official site of the President's Office. President's biography. Text of Presidential decrees, communiques, audio of the national anthem. Full text of the Constitution (in Portuguese). http://www.presidencia.st/
In Spanish. Site has pop-up ads. Bibliography of mainly print citations to monographs, articles on São Tomé e Príncipe. On the web site of the Societat Antropogeogràfica a Barcelona, Centre d'Estudis Transfronterers (The Anthropogeographic Society of Barcelona - Crossborder Studies Centre). [KF] http://usuarios.lycos.es/antropogeo/saotomehome.htm
Has a country profile,
describes the work of the U.N. in Sao Tome, has excerpts from the UN annual
report, international conventions adherred to, photographs
including the national museum which was a 15th c. Portuguese fort, and related
links. [KF] http://www.uns.st/
Provides a list of the President, Cabinet members, the Governor of the
Central Bank, the country's Ambassador to the U.S., and its U.N. Representative. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-s/sao-tome-and-principe.html
Has a map, information on geography, people, government, economy, transportation,
communication, defense. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/tp.html
Thomas, U.S. Legislative Information. Keyword search access
to the full text of the U.S. Congressional Record (similar to
parliamentary proceedings or debates). http://thomas.loc.gov/
For the 109th Congress (2005-2006) find for ex. - H. R. 1130 legislation To provide for the cancellation of debts owed to international financial institutions by poor countries, and for other purposes [includes Sao Tome] Speech July 19, 2005 by Rep. Charles Rangel calling for more ties with the Gulf of Guinea region
Lists for 1997 individuals or companies "engaging in political activities
for or on behalf of foreign governments, foreign political parties and other
foreign principals." Includes a report
on São Tomé. http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/fara/fara1st97/COUNTRY/SAOTOMEA.HTM
Flag, country facts, nationality term, history, government officials, political conditions,
economy, foreign and US relations, travel and business information. [KF]
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5434.htm
U.S. State Department. Report on Human Rights - São Tomé
Maps, embassy, travel, language information, etc., created by Julie Sisskind,
now maintained by Ali Dinar. UPenn has a search
facility. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Country_Specific/Sao_Tome.html
In Portuguese. Promotes civil society, transparency and development in São Tomé e Príncipe. Seeks to prevent the misuse of natural resources and national budget mismanagement. Current Sao Tome news. Based in Lisbon, Portugal and São Tomé e Príncipe. http://www.webeto.org
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