Cape Verde: Cabo Verde's Presidential Election - the Stakes in One of Africa's Most Stable Democracies

Source: AllAfrica Global Media · 2026-11-12T05:05:10.000Z · Politics

[The Conversation Africa] Cape Verde's presidential election takes place against the backdrop of a democratic record that remains unusual in its regional context. The country, made up of an archipelago of islands off the coast of west Africa, has sustained multiparty competition for more than three decades. It has had peaceful transfers of power and no coups or military takeovers since independence from Portugal in 1975.

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