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Angola: Diplomat Satisfied With Relations Between Country and Cape Verde

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:26:45 GMT

The director of the Department of Africa and Middle East of the Angolan Foreign Ministry, Nelson Cosme, Tuesday in Luanda considered as excellent the relations between Angola and Cape Verde.

History of slavery is dehumanized, prof says

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:06:21 GMT

The slave trade is usually left out of the American immigration story, former Professor of Africana Studies James Campbell said in a lecture yesterday at the John Nicholas Brown Center.

Diplomat Satisfied With Relations Between Country and Cape Verde

Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:43:04 GMT

The director of the Department of Africa and Middle East of the Angolan Foreign Ministry, Nelson Cosme, Tuesday in Luanda considered as excellent the relations between Angola and Cape Verde.

Cape Verde: Urban Crime, Violence Multiplies

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:59:58 GMT

In Cape Verde violent crimes were five times higher in 2007 than over the past 10 years combined, according to the country's investigative police. Residents, police and the government are grappling with the increase, pointing to drug trafficking, criminal deportees, unemployment and even television as potential causes.

CAPE VERDE: Urban crime, violence multiplies

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:29:58 GMT

PRAIA Monday, December 01, 2008 (IRIN) - In Cape Verde violent crimes were five times higher in 2007 than over the past 10 years combined, according to the country’s investigative police. Residents, police and the government are grappling with the increase, pointing to drug trafficking, criminal deportees, unemployment and even television as potential causes.

WEST AFRICA: HIV law "a double-edged sword"

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:09:57 GMT

JOHANNESBURG Monday, December 01, 2008 (IRIN) - West Africa has the dubious distinction of having the most HIV legislation in sub-Saharan Africa: over 10 countries in the region have developed HIV laws, often with provisions that have sometimes been described as "terrifying", and a danger to HIV-positive people.

Brazil's Small Companies Go Looking for Deals off the Coast of Africa

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:09:33 GMT

Over a dozen companies from Brazil active in sectors like handicraft, food, civil construction, garment manufacturing, equipment for the processing of water, cosmetics and information technology participated in ...

Deported youth face life of drugs, unemployment

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:00:14 GMT

About 900 Cape Verdeans have been deported back to the islands since 1992. Rejected by their host country after they committed crimes, the group of mostly young male deportees said they have returned home only ...

Cape Verde: Deported Youths Face Drugs, Crime

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:47:11 GMT

CAPE VERDE: Deported youth offenders face drugs, unemployment

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:09:58 GMT

PRAIA Wednesday, November 26, 2008 (IRIN) - About 900 Cape Verdeans have been deported back to the islands since 1992. Rejected by their host country after they committed crimes, the group of mostly young male deportees said they have returned home only to find plentiful drugs, unemployment and discrimination.

Witness: Addison tried to kill me

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:02:57 GMT

Ten years before fatally shooting a Manchester police officer in a city alley, Michael Addison pointed a gun at the head of a rival and pulled the trigger twice, the victim testified yesterday.

At Boston high school, Addison allegedly tried to shoot fellow student

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:48:13 GMT

A decade before murdering a city patrolman in 2006, Michael Addison had pulled a loaded .32 caliber revolver on a classmate in his high school, but the gun did not fire, a witness testified today.

AFRICA: World crises “must not detract from poverty eradication”

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:20:12 GMT

ADDIS ABABA Friday, November 21, 2008 (IRIN) - Initiatives aimed at eradicating poverty in Africa must continue, despite global financial, food, energy and environmental crises, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, Asha-Rose Migiro, said on 20 November.

Portugal, Cape Verde congratulate Guinea-Bissau on election success

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:34:14 GMT

Guinea- Bissau has received the messages of congratulations from the presidents of Portugal and Cape Verde, Anibal Cavaco Silva and Pedro Pires, after Sunday's legislative election, which is widely hailed as a ...

GLOBAL: We can save more babies, say researchers

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:10:03 GMT

JOHANNESBURG Thursday, November 20, 2008 (IRIN) - A ground-breaking South African study has provided the first hard evidence that treating HIV-positive babies with antiretroviral (ARV) medicines from as early as six weeks dramatically improves their chances of survival.

Sister, Sister: Providence forges ties abroad

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:28:58 GMT

Nine years ago, the celebrated Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy lent ten portraits of members of the Medici family to Brown's David Winton Bell Gallery.

GLOBAL: Juggling emergency aid and long-term development

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:50:02 GMT

NEW YORK Wednesday, November 19, 2008 (IRIN) - As the global recession bites, analysts are asking if emergencies such as natural disasters will continue to receive funding while development aid, which could save many more lives long-term, such as agricultural investment in Africa, is left to languish.

At SouthCoast churches, parishioners pray for Obama's safety, rejoice in his promise

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:39:36 GMT

At many SouthCoast churches on the first Sunday after Barack Obama's election as president, Cape Verdean and black parishioners rejoiced in his victory, expressed hope for a new day and prayed for the safety of ...

GLOBAL: Tight belts, tough choices for charities

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:00:01 GMT

NEW YORK Thursday, November 13, 2008 (IRIN) - Humanitarian organisations face tough choices if the global financial crisis affects their income, as some analysts predict. Although it is too soon to predict the full impact of the crisis on funding, some agencies told IRIN they were reviewing possible cutbacks and some have started tightening their belts.

GLOBAL: Emergency education gains ground

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:00:06 GMT

DAKAR Thursday, November 13, 2008 (IRIN) - Humanitarian policy-makers have endorsed internationally-agreed standards on rebuilding education sectors shattered by crises, in a move experts say shows that education is increasingly being regarded as life-saving.

West Africa: Drastic Measures Needed to Curb Drug Trend - Chambas

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:34:30 GMT

Your Excellency, The President of Burkina Faso and Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS, Your Excellency, The President of the Republic of Cape Verde , Honorable Ministers of ...

WEST AFRICA: Remittances set to fall in 2009

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:50:10 GMT

DAKAR Tuesday, November 11, 2008 (IRIN) - For the first time in over a decade remittances to sub-Saharan Africa are set to fall in 2009, increasing people’s vulnerability to poverty, officials at the World Bank say. Remittance income in developing countries is expected to decline by about 1 percent from 2008 to 2009.

GLOBAL: G20 "must stand by aid pledges"

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:50:12 GMT

NEW YORK Tuesday, November 11, 2008 (IRIN) - Leaders of the top 20 industrial and big emerging-market countries will be asked to reaffirm their commitments to development assistance at the emergency summit on 15 November convened by President George W Bush to address the global financial crisis.

Drastic Measures Needed to Curb Drug Trend - Chambas

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:30:21 GMT

Your Excellency, The President of Burkina Faso and Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of ECOWAS,

GLOBAL: Top UN official interviewed on global aid challenges

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:30:07 GMT

DUBAI Monday, November 10, 2008 (IRIN) - John Holmes, UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, has been in Dubai attending the inaugural Summit on the Global Agenda held by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) in partnership with the government of Dubai (7-9 November).

Money Laundering, Motion-activated Cameras Taint Economic Growth as New Gecko Burns Houses

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:14:24 GMT

Faced with a growing number of drug trafficking, money laundering and organised crime investigations, the head of Cape Verdea s judiciary police said his agents may know who the traffickers and money launderers ...

Cape Verde prime minister visits R.I.

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:51:44 GMT

PROVIDENCEa 'Cape Verdea TMs prime minister is visiting Providence to speak about how higher education is reshaping his nationa TMs economy and society.

Cape Verde: Clandestine Housing Squeezes Cities

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:23:00 GMT

Illegal housing precariously built on the volcanic archipelago of Cape Verde threatens to increase erosion, land disputes, disease, flooding, and crime, according to the government and its NGO partners who are trying to contain the damage of clandestine urban sprawl.

Cape Verde: Clandestine Housing Squeezes Cities

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 21:58:21 GMT

CAPE VERDE: Clandestine housing squeezes cities

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 19:00:04 GMT

PRAIA Thursday, November 06, 2008 (IRIN) - Illegal housing precariously built on the volcanic archipelago of Cape Verde threatens to increase erosion, land disputes, disease, flooding, and crime, according to the government and its NGO partners who are trying to contain the damage of clandestine urban sprawl.

A taste of Cape Verde

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 12:28:15 GMT

Cape Verdean singer Mirri Lobo includes Restaurante Cesaria in his New England tour.

Financial crisis threatens African success story

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:14:09 GMT

This year Cape Verde became only the second country ever to graduate from the UN's list of poorest countries, but the African success story is now feeling the heat from the global financial crisis.

Cape Verdean culture: A primer

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:09:08 GMT

Cape Verdean culture has European and African influences, reflecting its history as an archipelago under Portuguese colonial rule for 500 years.

GLOBAL: Falling foul of the Fund

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:00:07 GMT

NAIROBI Tuesday, November 04, 2008 (IRIN) - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria was formed in 2001 for the purpose of setting up an innovative approach to providing finance to combat the three diseases that kill more than six million people worldwide every year.

Cape Verde: Money Laundering Taints Economic Growth

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:27:29 GMT

Faced with a growing number of drug trafficking, money laundering and organised crime investigations, the head of Cape Verde's judiciary police told IRIN his agents may know who the traffickers and money launderers are, but do not have enough resources to catch them all.

Cape Verde: Money laundering taints economic growth

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:20:44 GMT

PRAIA, 3 November 2008 - Faced with a growing number of drug trafficking, money laundering and organised crime investigations, the head of Cape Verdea s judiciary police told IRIN his agents may know who the ...

CAPE VERDE: Money laundering taints economic growth

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:40:07 GMT

PRAIA Monday, November 03, 2008 (IRIN) - Faced with a growing number of drug trafficking, money laundering and organised crime investigations, the head of Cape Verde’s judiciary police told IRIN his agents may know who the traffickers and money launderers are, but do not have enough resources to catch them all.

AFRICA: Investment key to doubling rice production

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:30:06 GMT

NAIROBI Monday, November 03, 2008 (IRIN) - Greater investment to double rice production in Africa is needed to reduce food insecurity as well as improve livelihoods, specialists urged.

ECOWAS leader laments surge in drug-trafficking

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 06:23:41 GMT

P RESIDENT of the Economic Community of West African states and Burkina Faso's leader Blaise Compaore, has warned that the region has become a hub for a drug-trafficking industry that threatens regional ...

Cape Verdean Vets Hall reopens

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:20:31 GMT

The Cape Verdean community on Thursday succeeded at what many people thought impossible months ago: It retook possession of the Verdean Vets Memorial Hall from state tax officials.

Clandestine cannabis farmers feed growing drug abuse

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:39:51 GMT

PRAIA, 30 October 2008 - Farmers in West Africa are turning to cannabis as a quick cash crop, feeding the biggest illegal drug market in the world.

Cape Verde seeks support for fight against drug trafficking

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:03:07 GMT

Pires also said that his country needed the support of the partners to fight drug trafficking which is developing throughout the West African region.

West Africa: West Africa Unite Against Illicit Drug Trafficking

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:40:55 GMT

Experts on drug and drug-related matters from the 15 ECOWAS member states have begun a two-day meeting in Praia, Cape Verde to review threats and challenges posed by the drug scourge in West Africa.

GLOBAL: UN chief calls for protection of migrants amid financial crisis

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:10:01 GMT

MANILA Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on countries battered by the financial crisis to keep their doors open to foreign workers, stressing that migration could be used to help lift them out of economic gloom.

ECOWAS Justice, Interior Ministers meet on anti-drugs strategies

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:02:06 GMT

A two-day meeting of Ministers of Justice and Interior from ECOWAS member states was scheduled to begin in Praia, Cape Verder, Tuesday as part of efforts to evolve strategies to renew the fight against drug ...

GLOBAL: No room for complacency about bird flu - experts

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:10:05 GMT

SHARM EL SHEIKH Monday, October 27, 2008 (IRIN) - Some success has been achieved in reducing avian influenza outbreaks in poultry and humans, but the world must still be prepared to tackle an influenza pandemic, experts at an international conference in Egypt have said.