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Burkina, Cape Verde seek first UNESCO inscription
afrol News, 4 June - Later this month, it will be decided whether Burkina Faso and Cape Verde get their first-ever cultural monuments inscribed in UNESCO's prestigious World Heritage List. The submitted proposals include Cape Verde's ancient capital, founded in 1462, and the 11th century stone ruins in Loropéni, Burkina Faso.
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Politics | Economy - Development | Science - Education
Cape Verde wants emigrants back
afrol News, 21 May - Cape Verdean Prime Minister José Maria Neves on an official visit to the United States has met with the Diaspora and Cape Verdean students in the US, asking the many skilled emigrants to return to the archipelago, promising them tempting business opportunities.
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Technology | Economy - Development
Cape Verde joins West African telecom cable
afrol News, 16 April - Cape Verde is be connected to the recently signed-off US$ 600-million West African Cable System (WACS), going along Africa's Atlantic coast from Europe to South Africa and boosting bandwidth capacity.
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Economy - Development | Travel - Leisure
Real estate crisis hits Cape Verde
afrol News, 21 November - As a deep property sales crisis is hitting the country, the government of Cape Verde has seen it necessary to assist real estate agencies by renegotiating their increasing debt burden.
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Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
Seven new US-Africa flight routes planned
afrol News, 12 November - The Atlanta-based US airliner Delta Air Lines today announced it is planning to launch seven new flights connecting North America and Africa. New connections from Atlanta will go to South Africa, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Senegal and Cape Verde. New York is to be connected with South Africa and Nigeria.
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Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
Cape Verde industry rejects crisis fears
afrol News, 14 October - Cape Verde's formerly booming tourism and property sectors have been predicted difficult times due to the global financial insecurity, but entrepreneurs from the sector say there is nothing to fear.
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Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
New tourism investments in Cape Verde
afrol News, 13 October - The Spanish hotel giant Barceló has announced its return to the archipelago of Cape Verde with the investment in a large four-star hotel on the island of Sal, raising hopes that Cape Verde will avoid a feared downslide in tourism arrivals and investments.
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Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
African property boom drying up
afrol News, 9 October - Countries like Morocco, Egypt and Cape Verde have seen a property market boom over the last few years fuelling their national economy and stock markets. As a consequence of the global finance crisis, investments in these boom sectors are now quickly drying up and the outlook is bleak. Analyses regarding the tourism industry's future however vary.
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Economy - Development | Politics
New government ushered in Cape Verde
afrol News, 30 June - The prime minister of Cape Verde, José Maria Neves, introduced at the weekend a new cabinet with the presence of eight women and a renewed government commitment of accelerating economic growth as a priority.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Agriculture - Nutrition | Society
More funds for Cape Verde's rural poor
afrol News, 27 June - Cape Verde Island's poverty eradication drive has been boost by the United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD) pumping of US $4.2 million to the West African country's rural poor communities, bringing the agency's total supplementary loan funding for the programme to US $13.5 million.
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Society
Cape Verde airliner throws out PM
afrol News, 17 June - The national airliner of Cape Verde, TACV, this week asked the country's Prime Minister José Maria Neves to leave one of its planes. The reason was that the captain did not want transport members of Mr Neves' security guards, which were carrying arms.
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Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
Cape Verde property aggressively marketed
afrol News, 13 June - European property investment agencies, facing a crisis at home, are aggressively marketing Cape Verde as "the next big opportunity for property investors." The prospects of a property price hike are however mixed, risks being high.
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» 05.06.2007 - Cape Verde considers Russian nuclear power station
» 25.05.2007 - Cape Verde eager to expand electricity transport network
» 16.03.2007 - Tourism boom fuels Cape Verde economy
» 01.03.2007 - Cape Verde still struggles to join WTO
» 09.02.2007 - SAA diverts Senegal-US route
» 02.01.2007 - Cape Verde wants special status at ECOWAS
» 10.11.2006 - Not wanted: rich, African nations
» 01.11.2006 - Cape Verde tourism keeps booming
» 02.10.2006 - 91% of young Cape Verdean males have high-risk sex
» 15.09.2006 - IMF foresees slower growth rate for Cape Verde
» 08.09.2006 - Cape Verde leaves West Africa free travel union
» 05.09.2006 - Cape Verde ignores ECOWAS, wants direct deal with EU
» 20.06.2006 - NATO assists after quake on Cape Verde's Brava Island
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