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Sao Tome and Principe SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Sao Tome and Principe when you search their database on the word "Sao Tome and Principe": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Sao Tome and Principe. ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues. FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Sao Tome and Principe. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Sao Tome and Principe, although there is little African country-specific information. Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Sao Tome and Principe in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Sao Tome and Principe. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Sao Tome and Principe and the region doing a search in their database. WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Sao Tome and Principe. Write "Sao Tome and Principe" in the "Document Title" bar. WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Sao Tome and Principe, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Sao Tomean and non-Sao Tomean newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Sao Tome and Principe, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Sao Tome and Principe.
The Press in Sao Tome and PrincipeTéla Nón - Diário de São Tomé e Príncipe have news quite every day and a archive about the subjects politics, economy, culture, sports and society. The site is all portuguese. Sao Tome Online is an entirely new service (from May 2000) with a promising site. Presentation of Sao Tome and Principe, touristy info and daily news (that's what they promising), etc. We wish them the best, because a site like this is missed! English. On the Sao Tome Homepage, you'll find the supposedly weekly newspaper Tribuna, which has not been updated since 1998, though. Portuguese.
Press reporting about Sao Tome and PrincipeAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Sao Tome of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Sao Tome. AllAfrica.com is a commercial network distributing news from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Sao Tome and Principe page, listing the latest news stories (but this page is not frequently updated). IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Sao Tome and Principe archive, where articles from the last months about Sao Tome and Principe figure. NewAfrica, Sao Tome and Principe offers interesting information about Sao Tomean infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Sao Tome and Principe. In English, but not too regularly updated. PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa. RDP-Africa (Radiodifusão Portuguesa) is the Portuguese public radio sending African news programs. Includes daily news updates from all lusophone African countries, including Sao Tome. Link to text transcription. In Portuguese. Recommended.
International pressLe Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page. The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa. The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page. The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed. The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters. The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Sao Tome and Principe page, were the last articles from WP are listed. Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Sao Tome and Principe offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services. PortugalNet - Encontros - São tomé e Príncipe has a news group and chat about Sao Tome.
Government Offices
About Sao Tomean government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & Towns
CompaniesThe Agulhas Bay Concession Free Zone (ABCFZ) on the island of Príncipe is presented on a web site made by the company WADCO (Western African Development Corporation Ltd.). Updated and informative.
CultureAfromix' web page to Sao Tomean music, groups and artists, with special pages on some Sao Tomean musicians. French and Spanish versions. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries.
EconomyMbendi Consultants' country profile on Sao Tome and Principe concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business - Sao Tome and Principe offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. Sao Tome and Principe Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality. The Agulhas Bay Concession Free Zone (ABCFZ) on the island of Príncipe is presented on a web site made by the company WADCO (Western African Development Corporation Ltd.). Updated and informative.
Education
Environment/NatureNewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Sao Tome. Parc Naturel Obo is an ample presentation site of the big park by the same name (extending over great areas of both Sao Tome and Principe) by the organisation ECOFAC (Central African Forest Ecosystems). Maps, photos, texts. French. There is also a short bibliography about nature conservation on Sao Tome.
General Information/Read about Sao Tome and PrincipeThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Sao Tome and Principe, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA.
annual Factbook 2000 is probably
the best and most updated collection of data on the web. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families. The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups. Infoplease.com contains a page about Sao Tome with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. NewAfrica;
Sao Tome and Principe
offers interesting information about Sao Tomean infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. Sao Tome Online is an entirely new service (from May 2000) with a promising site. Presentation of Sao Tome and Principe, touristy info and daily news (that's what they promising). We wish them the best, because a site like this is missed! English. You can order books about Sao Tome and Principe on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe most informative site about human rights in Sao Tome and Principe is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Sao Tome and Principe.
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