1968 in Cape Verde

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Banco Nacional Ultramarino issued a bronze 50 centavos and nickel-bronze 5 escudos for the Cape Verdean escudo
Living conditions improved in Mindelo as some aid were brought by Cape Verdean emigrants from the United States and Europe, later it was brought to the rest of the archipelago
Restoration works for Fort Real de São Filipe on Santiago Island began
April 13: A Total lunar eclipse took place and was mainly visible, it started at around 1:30 and finished at around 6:00 before sunrise^[1]
September 1: The cargo ship Cabo Santa Maria was wrecked and ran aground at Praia de Atalanta in the north of the island, its ruins now rusty can still be seen today.^[2]

AD Bairro, also known as ADESBA, a football (soccer) club founded in the neighborhood of Achadinha de Baixo, Praia^[3]
Spring:
- Académica da Praia won their second reginal title for Santiago
- CS Mindelense won the title for São Vicente
Spring/Summer: CS Mindelense won their sixth colonial title for the Cape Verdean Football Championships^[4]
July 7: Botafogo, a football (soccer) club established

Years in Cape Verde (1938–present)
Colonial era	1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Since 1975	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

1968 in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Botswana Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Dahomey Egypt Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South-West Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Upper Volta Zambia
States with limited recognition	Biafra Rhodesia
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Djibouti Réunion Saint Helena Spanish Sahara Tristan da Cunha

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