By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Rádio Somos Todos Primos
Illustrative image · Rob Mowe · Pexels · Licence PexelsThe Cape Verdean government is giving fishermen a discount on diesel to reduce their energy costs and preserve boat owners' profitability. The measure is intended to prevent the rise in fuel prices from being fully passed on to the price of fish paid by consumers, reports Rádio Somos Todos Primos.
The Cape Verdean government has decided to keep the price of butane gas in November at October’s level, while petrol and diesel prices could fall slightly. The decision comes as the MpD party considers the government’s response to rising fuel prices inadequate, according to Expresso das Ilhas.
🇨🇻 Cape Verde · Source: Expresso das Ilhas ·
Cape Verdean singer Mister Page explains that « Quem é Você », popular again on digital platforms, was inspired by a woman refusing to dance with him at a nightclub. He later contacted Dico Mendes to prepare the song’s recording, in an interview with Rádio Somos Todos Primos.
🇨🇻 Cape Verde · Source: Rádio Somos Todos Primos ·
Cape Verde’s Public Prosecutor’s Office has warned that a Chilean man wanted by Interpol could be released, as the Constitutional Court has issued no decision nearly three months after the case was referred to it. It noted that the defence had raised the unconstitutionality of a provision in the criminal procedure code without formally requesting that it be annulled, Rádio Somos Todos Primos reports.
🇨🇻 Cape Verde · Source: Rádio Somos Todos Primos ·
The Cape Verdean government plans to invest around 550,000 contos in rehabilitating, asphalting and draining several roads in Praia to improve traffic flow and reduce flooding. The projects, still being prepared with the city council, should begin soon after the necessary procedures, Infrastructure Minister Carlos Tavares said.
🇨🇻 Cape Verde · Source: Expresso das Ilhas ·
Power restored across Santiago after three days of outagesThe Cape Verde Electricity Distribution Company restored power across Santiago at 12:44 after a fault at Palmarejo power station was repaired. Occasional disruptions may continue as the network stabilises, following three days of rotating cuts, the Cape Verdean company said.
Sanusi credits Tinubu’s reforms for Nigeria’s recoveryKano Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi credits President Bola Tinubu’s reforms with Nigeria’s return to growth, rising reserves and inflation falling to 14.6%. He also cited GDP growth of 4.48% in the second quarter of 2026 at a conference reported by P.M. News.The week in Africa
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