Cape Verde News

• Cape Verde: Cape Verde names airport after Nelson Mandela

  Cape Verde has decided to rename its Praia International Airport after South Africa's former president Nelson Mandela, an icon for freedom in Africa, a government statement said Monday. The decision pays homage to Mandela, who on February 11 marks 22 years since he was released from prison, where he had spent 27 years for his struggle against the white apartheid
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 16th Jan, 2012 at 03:29PM in General    Source:Daily Trust  0  Comments

• Cape Verde: Thousands pay last respects to 'barefoot diva' Evora

  Thousands of mourning fans, from ordinary people to national leaders, gathered Tuesday for the funeral of Cape Verde's legendary singer Cesaria Evora. The beloved "barefoot diva" died Saturday at age 70 on her native island of Sao Vicente and her body was taken from the hospital Tuesday to her family's home in Mindelo. Her fans, many in tears and singing
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 20th Dec, 2011 at 06:51PM in General    Source:Daily Guide  0  Comments

• Cape Verde: 'Barefoot diva' Evora to be buried Tuesday

  Legendary Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, who died on Saturday aged 70, will be buried on Tuesday on her home island of Sao Vicente, officials said Sunday. The body of the singing star nicknamed "the barefoot diva" will remain at her family home in Mindelo on Tuesday until it is transferred to the local town hall and then to the
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 18th Dec, 2011 at 02:25PM in Entertainment    Source:vanguard  0  Comments

• Cape Verde: Cape Verde's 'barefoot diva' Cesaria Evora dies

  Legendary Cape Verdean singer Cesaria Evora, nicknamed the "barefoot diva", died Saturday in a hospital in her native country, the culture minister announced. The internationally acclaimed star died at the age of 70 three months after announcing her retirement due to ill health.
  Posted by: Staff Writer on 17th Dec, 2011 at 04:13PM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Cape Verde:  Rival Libyan militias clash

  Tripoli - A Libyan fighter says rival militias are fighting near a former major military camp of Muammar Gaddafi's regime. Sunday's clashes marked the fourth day of confrontations between the two groups, the most sustained violence since the fall of Gaddafi's regime last month. The fighting has killed four people so far. Journalists were kept from the scene, but the
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 13th Nov, 2011 at 07:52PM in General    Source:AP  0  Comments

• Cape Verde: Ex-Cape Verde leader Pires wins African governance prize

  The former president of Cape Verde, Pedro Pires, on Monday won a lucrative prize for excellence in African leadership awarded by the business tycoon Mo Ibrahim's foundation. Pires, who led the former Portuguese colony off Africa's northwest coast for a decade until August, is the first winner of the award since 2008 because no suitable candidate could be found for
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 10th Oct, 2011 at 03:00PM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Cape Verde: Jorge Carlos Fonseca sworn in as Cape Verde president

  

  Cape Verde's Jorge Carlos Fonseca was sworn in as the new president Friday of the island nation, a bastion of democracy and economic stability in west Africa.
  
  Fonseca, a former foreign minister and the main opposition Movement for Democracy candidate, takes over from Pedro Pires who held the presidency for a decade and oversaw an economic
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 9th Sep, 2011 at 09:43PM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Cape Verde: Jorge Carlo Fonseca Declared Winner

  

  Jorge Carlos Fonseca of the rival MFD party has been declared winner of the Island’s second round of voting, making him the fourth(4th) President of the Republic of Cape Verde.
  
  Mr Fonseca secured 54.45% of the total votes cast as against Mr Sousa of the PAIVC who obtained 45% of the votes. Mr Fonseca will succeed
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 22nd Aug, 2011 at 11:54PM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Cape Verde: Cape Verde presidential hopefuls in televised debate

  

  Cape Verde's citizens said Thursday that the country's presidential candidates in a televised debate ahead of this weekend's election failed to address unemployment and the economic crisis.
  
  The ruling party's Manuel Inocencio Sousa and main opposition candidate Jorge Carlos Fonseca faced off for an hour-and-a-half during the debate on Wednesday night, according to an AFP journalist
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 18th Aug, 2011 at 09:06PM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Cape Verde: Nation Heads for Second Round of Voting

  

  The people of Cape Verde will head off to a second round of voting scheduled for August 21st, since none of the candidates obtained the required percentage to distinguish himself.
  
  Jorge Carlos Fonseca and Mnuel Inocencio Sousa will face each other in the second round of voting to decide on a clear winner.
  
  
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 8th Aug, 2011 at 11:24PM in General    Source:Leadership  0  Comments

• Cape Verde: Nation to Vote in New President

  

  The Cape Verde archipelago elects a new president Sunday as Pedro Pires steps down after two terms with his ruling party facing a split vote.
  
  The former Portuguese colony off the northwestern coast of Africa, made up of 10 main islands and eight islets, is often lauded for its political and economic stability despite meagre natural
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  Posted by: Staff Writer on 6th Aug, 2011 at 12:31PM in General    Source:Daily Times  0  Comments