Sao Tome election goes to second round after court ruling
*A Sao Tome and Principe court on Sunday ruled that the island nation 's presidential election will go to a second round between incumbent Manuel Pinto da Costa and ex-speaker of parliament Evaristo Carvalho*.
In the provisional results from elections held last Sunday, Carvalho looked to have won with 50.1 percent of votes, and De Costa coming second with 24.8 percent.
But the supreme court overturned the result, saying the electoral commission should have waited for results from Maria Louise…
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