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Cabo Verde season: When monster storms are born

Read full article: Gym chain lets teens work out free during summer break GoofyCore at CommuniCore Hall. The Cabo Verde Islands are made up of 10 islands, about 350 miles off the western coast of ...
World Bank

The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Posed Unprecedented Challenges to Cabo Verde’s Economy and Exposed the Vulnerabilities of the Growth Model

PRAIA, September 09, 2021 – Economic activity in Cabo Verde is estimated to have contracted by 14.8% in 2020, the largest contraction on record and the second largest in Sub-Saharan Africa, according ...
International Monetary Fund

IMF Executive Board Completes the Second Review Under the Policy Coordination Instrument for Cabo Verde

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to severely affect the Cabo Verde economy. Real GDP is projected to contract by 6.8 percent in 2020, and to expand by 4.5 percent in 2021. The authorities have been ...
World Bank

Cabo Verde’s Social Safety Net: Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis through Temporary Cash Transfers to the Poorest Households

Strict containment measures were adopted in March 2020, and a state of emergency was declared for the first time in the country to reinforce the COVID-19 containment measures. Cabo Verde was one of ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Maduro’s U.S.-Charged Dealmaker Saab Detained in Cabo Verde

Alex Nain Saab Moran, a Colombian businessman charged by U.S. authorities as a dealmaker for Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela, was detained in Cabo Verde, Africa on Friday, according to his lawyer ...
csis.org

An Urban Test Case: Learning from Cabo Verde

Cabo Verde and its capital Praia offer a sneak peek of sub-Saharan Africa’s urban future. While its urban population is tiny in relative terms, the archipelago is further along in its urban transition ...