Abidjan — An army major backed by a small opposition party seized power in a pre-dawn coup in the African island state of Sao Tome and Principe on Wednesday while President Fradique de Menezes was ...

There are many islands that have unique flora and fauna, like Madagascar, the Galapagos, or the islands of the Gulf of Guinea, where limbless burrowing amphibians called caecilians live. Researchers ...

Archaeologists have identified a small African island off the continent’s western coast that “embodies the inception of the plantation economic system,” according to new research. Controlled by ...

A new study indicates São Tomé island has two species of caecilians found nowhere else on Earth. The research adds evidence to a century-long scientific debate and reveals how volcanic activity may ...

People perform during the Independence Day celebrations in Guadalupe, Sao Tome Island, Sao Tome and Principe, on July 12, 2023. Sao Tome and Principe celebrated the 48th anniversary of its ...

Wander amidst the faded colonial splendor of Sao Tome, the capital of Sao Tome and Principe, and it’s easy to be charmed by the African city’s laid back, tropical simplicity. Traders jostle to sell ...

Yet, unlike popular winter sun destinations, Principe remains largely undiscovered.There are no major chains, no advertising ...

BOMBOM, Sao Tome and Principe — Flying into the tiny island of Principe off Africa’s west coast brings a sense of traveling back in time. Seen from over the Atlantic, the dense tropical jungle coats ...

09:22, Thu, Nov 28, 2024 Updated: 09:26, Thu, Nov 28, 2024 Holidaymakers are spoiled for choice when it comes to beautiful islands off the continent of Africa. Mauritius, Seychelles, and Zanzibar are ...

With a population similar to that of the Isle of Wight and an economy dominated by cocoa, the island nation of São Tomé and Príncipe fits more with the image of a beguiling tropical backwater than a ...