The Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, the tiny island nation just off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa voted in a new leader on Sunday. Well, “newish”. The winner of the election, Evaristo Carvalho, previously served as prime minister between 7 July 1994 to 25 October 1994 and again from 26 September 2001 to 28 March 2002. No doubt, the name-recognition that comes with twice serving as prime minister was a factor in helping him trounce incumbent president Manuel Pinto da Costa.

Carvalho’s win and the fact that the election went off down peacefully didn’t get much media attention. The dearth in coverage prompted this tweet from Zenaida Machado, the former BBC journalist and the current Angola and Mozambique researcher for the Africa Division at Human Rights Watch (HRW).

Source: ThisIsAfrica