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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Travel - Leisure | Health
First Dengue fever outbreak in Cape Verde
afrol News, 2 November - An outbreak of a Dengue fever epidemic has been confirmed by health authorities in Cape Verde and the World Health Organisation (WHO). This is the first reported epidemic of Dengue fever in the tourist destination Cape Verde.
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Agriculture - Nutrition | Economy - Development | Politics | Society
USADF signs new grants in Cape Verde and Tanzania
afrol News, 23 September - The United States African Development Foundation has signed two grant agreements to benefit community groups in Cape Verde. The grants will benefit Associação Cabo-verdiana de Deficientes (ACD) and Apoio a Autopromoção da Mulher no Desenvolvimento (MORABI). Read more
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Politics | Economy - Development | Society | Human rights
Russian ship found off West Africa coast
afrol News, 17 August - The mystery of the Russian freighter that disappeared at the end of last month has been somehow resolved, when it was discovered off the West African coast not very far from Cape Verde. Read more
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Travel - Leisure | Culture - Arts
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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» 29.05.2008 - Cape Verde to link China and Portuguese world
» 18.07.2007 - Cape Verde joins struggle for Chinese economic zones
» 29.06.2007 - 290 M€ investment in new Cape Verde tourist resort
» 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
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