Culture - Arts | Travel - Leisure
Africa prepares for carnival season
afrol News, 1 March - Africa's many carnivals are not the most internationally known, but Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique carnivals have long traditions. Newcomer Seychelles this year offers a tourism-adapted carnival.
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Politics
Close victory for Cape Verde ruling party
afrol News, 7 February - Cape Verde's ruling socialist PAICV party made major losses in yesterday's parliamentary elections, but closely managed to maintain its majority, according to preliminary results published today.
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Politics
Cape Verde elects new parliament today
afrol News, 6 February - The ruling socialist party is predicted a large victory as around 300,000 voters were called to the ballot in Cape Verde today. No incidents were reported from the archipelago, were a mature democracy is established.
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Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
Cape Verde popularity produces extra flights
afrol News, 30 November - Several European tour operators are setting up extra flights to Cape Verde this northern winter season as the archipelago is becoming more popular among tourists than expected.
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Travel - Leisure
African travel destinations "hot" in 2011
afrol News, 3 November - The travel guidebook publisher 'Lonely Planet' has launched its "hottest" destinations for 2011 in new English and French guidebooks, with the greatest African presence ever. Cape Verde, Tanzania, Egypt and Morocco are listed.
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Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition
Cape Verde sees starting "Green revolution"
afrol News, 21 October - Agriculture is seeing a major boost in Cape Verde, with massive investments in irrigation, infrastructure, disease control and distribution. Age-old bottlenecks are finally overcome.
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Environment - Nature | Economy - Development | Technology
Cape Verde gets Africa's first giant wind farm
afrol News, 7 October - Finally, the funding to design, build and operate onshore wind farms on four islands in the Cape Verde archipelago has been granted. The ground-breaking project is seen as a model for renewable energy projects in Africa at large.
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Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development
Tourism sector spurs new Cape Verde growth
afrol News, 29 September - Since the beginning of this year, Cape Verde's tourism sector has been growing rapidly after a year of low revenues. The sector is a main factor behind Cape Verde's projected 6 percent GDP growth in 2010.
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Culture - Arts | Society
Cesaria Evora undergoes heart operation
afrol News, 12 May - Cape Verde's famous singer Cesaria Evora is recovering from an emergency heart operation at a Paris hospital. The star says she will hopefully be back on stage by the end of the year.
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Economy - Development | Politics
Cape Verde-EU partnership agreement reached
afrol News, 15 April - Cape Verde Prime Minister José Maria Neves held a high-level meeting in Brussels with European Commission leader José Manuel Barroso to finalise the last steps in negotiations about an Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU. Cape Verde is to benefit from new funding from the EU.
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Economy - Development | Travel - Leisure
São Tomé gets ferry link with Cape Verde
afrol News, 6 April - A high speed ferry between São Tomé and Cape Verde is planned for operations already in June this year, according to an announcement by the Cape Verdean government.
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development
Cape Verde farmers to reorganise into companies
afrol News, 5 March - The government of Cape Verde is promoting the set-up of agricultural companies by the archipelago's farmers. This commercialisation of agriculture should "boost rural development," the PM holds.
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Economy - Development | Politics | Human rights
Cape Verde eligible for second MCC compact, Niger suspended
afrol News, 10 December - The US’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board of Directors has reviewed the progress of its partnerships with countries to reduce poverty, and agreed to select Cape Verde as eligible to develop a proposal for a second compact grant.
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Health | Travel - Leisure
Dengue epidemic paralyses Cape Verde
afrol News, 5 November - A first-ever outbreak of dengue fever in Cape Verde, already causing four deaths and infecting 9,000 persons, has caused panic on the archipelago. Tomorrow, everybody is urged to kill mosquitoes instead of going to work, and both the police and army are sent out to root out the disease.
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» 23.09.2009 - USADF signs new grants in Cape Verde and Tanzania
» 18.08.2009 - USADF signs four grants with community groups in Cape Verde
» 17.08.2009 - Russian ship found off West Africa coast
» 24.07.2009 - Cape Verde announces new measures to combat economic crisis
» 04.06.2009 - Burkina, Cape Verde seek first UNESCO inscription
» 21.05.2009 - Cape Verde wants emigrants back
» 16.04.2009 - Cape Verde joins West African telecom cable
» 21.11.2008 - Real estate crisis hits Cape Verde
» 12.11.2008 - Seven new US-Africa flight routes planned
» 14.10.2008 - Cape Verde industry rejects crisis fears
» 13.10.2008 - New tourism investments in Cape Verde
» 09.10.2008 - African property boom drying up
» 23.07.2008 - Cape Verde joins WTO
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