A president emerged in his nightclothesSourced
A coup began before dawn.
The president was still in pajamas.
On August 15, 1995, soldiers staged a coup in São Tomé and Príncipe. They searched the presidential palace for Miguel Trovoada. After threats against his family, he emerged from hiding still wearing his nightclothes, according to the account.
A national crisis
left no time to change.
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