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Renegade soldiers topple Sao Tome government
Troops detained Prime Minister Maria das Neves and other officials after a pre dawn assault in Sao Tome and Principe. The coup aims to install a military junta as the island nation faces social and economic decline amid offshore oil hopes. ECOWAS and regional leaders called for a return to democracy while no casualties were reported.
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Sao Tome, Sao Tome and Principe
West Africa
Sao Tome and Principe
Africa
Gulf of Guinea
Middle East
Sao Tome
United States
Maria Das Neves
Fradique de Menezes
Nigeria
Menezes
Abuja
Neves
Olusegun Obasanjo
Senegal
Abdoulaye Wade
Ecowas
Claudio Corallo
Lao
Fernando Pereira
Portugal
Mario de Jesus Santos
Pereira
Santos
Lusa