1998 in Cape Verde

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Bolsa de Valores de Cabo Vede or the Cape Verdean Stock Exchange founded in Praia under a governmental decision
Cabo Verde Express established its head offices at Amílcar Cabral International Airport in Espargos
Mindelo became twinned with Vila do Conde, Portugal^[1]
The news agency Cabopress changed its name to Inforpress
Third seismic activity on the Cadamosto seamount and affected the island of Brava
February 26: a Total solar eclipse took place after 18:00, it showed around 60% obscuration of the sun in the archipelago
May 11: Gualberto do Rosário becomes Deputy Prime Minister
August 8: A Penumbral lunar eclipse took place and was mainly visible, it occurred between 1:00 and 2:00 (1 and 2 AM)^[2]
September 28: a TACV de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter (registered D4-CAX) crash-landed at Francisco Mendes Airport (serving Praia at that time) during a landing attempt in stormy weather^[3]
November: Labour and Solidarity Party (Partido de Trabalho e Solidariedade, PTS) founded

Germano Almeida's books A morte do meu poeta and A Família Trago were published
Bana's album Gira Sol released
Sports film Fintar do destino released
Leão Lopes's short story Unine released, also he released O contexto jurídico dos media em Cabo Verde (Judicial Context of Cape Verdean Media)
Vasco Martins' album Danças de Câncer released
March/April: the 7th Praia da Gamboa music festival took place
August: the 14th Baía das Gatas Music Festival took place

May 15: Os Garridos celebrated its 50th anniversary of the club's foundation
July 19: FC Praia Branca football (soccer) club of São Nicolau Island established
Summer: CS Mindelense won their eighth title since independence for the Cape Verdean Football Championships season^[4]
Summer: Sporting Brava celebrated its 10th anniversary of its foundation of the club
December 2: Sporting Clube da Praia celebrated its 75th anniversary of its foundation of the club

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

1998 in Africa
Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Anjouan Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha Western Sahara

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