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Article: Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe.(Book Review)
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- African Business
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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BY SOPHIE WARNE 13.95 Bradt Travel Guide ISBN 1-84162-073-4
In the introduction to this new guide book, author Sophie Warne writes: "It is both comforting and irresistible to know that there are still places stable enough to avoid coverage by the world's press yet (almost) unknown to tourists". So, no doubt, the recent coup attempt against the government of President Fradique de Menezes of Sao Tome and Principe came as a huge disappointment to her--especially as, thanks to offshore oil, Sao Tome and Principe is standing on the brink of a huge economic boom.
But in as much as oil was probably the reason that the attempted coup took place in the first ...