The difficult situation of the São Tomé economy and the state finances, along with the budgetary priorities of PM PATRICE TROVOADA (PT), are the main cause pointed for the multiplication of focuses of contestation to the government. As determined, the aforementioned focuses already extend from the opposition and trade unions to the public administration and wider circles of society, including PM’s own party, ADI, and its parliamentary group.
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Angola: Lourenço in China to Improve Relations But Without “Return to Past”
The new level in which the Angolan government wants to place its relations with China is also seen as a reflection of the importance it has given to the US as its strategic partner.
The high amount of Angola’s debt to China, corresponding to about 40% of the country’s total external debt, as well as the obligations to the State of the respective debt service, is considered by the Angolan authorities as sufficient reason for the existence of a climate of good understanding in the relations between the two countries, allowing to manage without delays the amortisation.