AUGUST 2010 -- Table of Contents:
Paulo Gorjão, "Portugal and South Africa: Matching words with deeeds"
Diogo Noivo, "AQIM and West Africa: Can Guinea-Bissau become a narco-terrorist platform?"
Gerhard Seibert, "20 years on São Tomé and Príncipe has voted again for 'change'"
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  IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin 10

São Tomé: Heading into political instability as usual?

Paulo Gorjão

AUGUST 2010 -- As soon as electoral results were known, political observers immediately predicted that São Tomé was heading "once again for a fragile government", thus "prolonging political instability". Indeed, the failure to form a government coalition, together with São Tomé's track record, fully supports their pessimistic predictions. Since the transition to democracy between 1990 and 1991, São Tomé and Príncipe has had an extensive list of prime ministers heading an equally vast list of governments. Since then, no government has lasted a full parliamentary term, even when they were able to form a coalition to support them, and several governments were extremely short-lived. After 1991, on average, a government has not lasted two years. Moreover, political instability was further reinforced with a military coup in July 2003 and one alleged coup attempt in February 2009. Overall, political stability has not been one of São Tomé's main characteristics.

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JULY 2010 -- Table of Contents:
Kristina Kausch, "Tunisia: EU incentives contributing to new repression"
Iván Martín, "Algeria's economic nationalism: Vinatge 2010"
Rui Alexandre Novais, "Stalemate in the Western Sahra: The blocking trilogy"
Bruce Maddy-Weitzman, "The limits and potentials of Israel-Maghreb relations"
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  IPRIS Maghreb Review 4

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  IPRIS Lusophone Countries Bulletin 9

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