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The coastguard says it has located and detained Ceres I, sailing under the flag of São Tomé and Príncipe, and two tugboats that were towing the vessel off the country's eastern coast.

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2024

The new government ended the war with the African colonies by granting independence to Angola, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique along with Cape Verde and São Tomé and Príncipe, islands off the African coast.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

A new species of owl with an unusual call has been identified on Príncipe, a small island off the coast of West Africa that was home already to multiple bird species found nowhere else.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2022

Afghanistan, Myanmar and São Tomé and Príncipe are all U.N. member-states, but none took the microphone this year.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2022

"In Madrid we've got the Monte de Príncipe Pio."

From The Quest by Goldberg, Isaac