2015 in Cape Verde

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On Ilhéu de Santa Maria off the shores of Praia, Cape Verdean government and Legend Development Company made a legal contract and proposes to construct hotel resort and casino, its cost is around 30 billion Capeverdean escudos (250 million euros).^[1] The Government conceded the islet probably for 75 years.
UCV's Mindelo campus enlarged in the eastern portion
February 7: Volcanic eruption ended leaving just a few buildings south of the center undamaged, buildings in the north were mostly damaged but still stands
March 20: A total solar eclipse took place before 7:30 after sunrise, it showed at about 25-30% obscuration of the sun in the archipelago
May 21: Passengers boarded back to their destination in Praia after waiting for eight days at Fortaleza International Airport as a TACV Boeing 757 aircraft (D4-CBP) crash landed there ruining its flaps (a component of the wing that supports the stability and speed of the flight^[2]
June: TACV opened its new air route with Recife, Brazil and replaced the Cape Verde-US (New England) flight stop of Boston's Logan Airport with Providence, Rhode Island. Also ts flight with Bissau resumed and serves as a biweekly flights via Dakar, operated by the ATR 72 aircraft.
August 31- September 1: Hurricane Fred struck the islands of Santiago, Boa Vista, Maio, Sal, São Nicolau, São Vicente and Santo Antão.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
September 4 - Electricity restored in Povoação Velha on Boa Vista island
September 23 - President Jorge Carlos Fonseca sanctioned a bill that merges the two companies, RTC and Inforpress for entry within 30 days to create a new entity, Radiotelevisão & Inforpress, Sociedade Anónima (RTCI - Broadcasting, Inforpress and Anonymous Society)
October 10: Praia became a sister of city of Boston, Massachusetts in the United States,^[10] one of two official sister cities
November 4: Zika virus was confirmed in the nation

Arts and entertainment

Lura's album Herança released
The 21st Mindelo Theatrical Festival took place^[11]
March or April: the 5th Cabo Verde Music Awards took place
April/May: the 14th Praia da Gamboa music festival took place in Praia
May 7: the 7th Kriol Jazz Festival took place in Praia
August: the 32nd Baía das Gatas Music Festival took place
September: the Santa Maria Music Festival took place on the island of Sal

Sports

January 10 - the 2014-15 regional leagues of Boa Vista, Sal and the Santo Antão South Zone season begins
January 13 - Batuque FC (2013/14 cup winner) defeated FC Derby (2013/14 champion) to win the 2013/14 São Vicente Super Cup.^[12]^[13]
January 17 - the 2014–15 São Vicente Island League season begins
January 24 - the 2014-15 regional leagues of Brava and São Nicolau season begins
February 1 - the 2014–15 Maio Island League season begins
2016
February 12: Achada Grande Frente football field opened with an artificial turf added,^[14] it replaced the dirt field
April 1: Académica do Mindelo celebrated its 50th anniversary of its foundation
April 5 - Paulense won the sixth island title for Northern Santo Antão.^[15]
April 13 - Académico 83 won the sixth title for Maio^[16]^[17]
April 19: Académico do Aeroporto (Sal),^[18] Académica do Porto Novo (Southern Santo Antão )^[19] and Spartak d'Aguadinha (Fogo)^[18] were regional champions of the season
April 26:, Académica Operária (Boa Vista),^[17] Boavista da Praia (Santiago South Zone,^[20] CS Mindelense (São Vicente)^[21] and Sporting Brava ^[22] were regional champions
April 30 - FC Ultramarina fwon the 11th island title for São Nicolau^[23]
May 3 - Beira-Mar do Tarrafal won their very first title for the Santiago North Zone^[24]
May 9 - 2015 Cape Verdean Football Championships started.
June 7 - the national regular season finished.
July 11 - Mindelense claimed their eleventh and recent national title, the club also qualified into the national championships in the following season.
August 24 - AD Bairro won the 2015 national basketball championships and was the first club ever to compete in the African competition^[25]
September 16 - Desportivo de Assomada celebrated its 25th anniversary of the foundation of the club
November - The Second Division was installed to the Maio Island League
November 7 - The 2015-16 Fogo Island League begins
November 13 - the 2015-16 Santiago Island League (South) begins^[26]
December: First Santo Antão Super Cup took place
December 3 - GDRC Fiorentina announced to return after a three-year absence from the Southern Santo Antão Island League to financial concerns^[27] their first match of the season was against Lajedos
December 12 - The 2015-16 Santiago Island League (North) begins, the Second Division was restored after a nearly ten-year hiatus
December 13 - Académica do Porto Novo won the Santo Antão South Zone Super Cup title for the season^[28]
Late-December: Académica do Porto Novo won their first and only title for the first edition of the Santo Antão Island Super Cup
December 19: In basketball, Bairro (or ADESBA) was out of the continental competitions, the club finished 8th^[29]

References

↑ "Hotel-Casino no Ilhéu de Santa Maria: Governo concessiona Djeu por 75 anos" [Hotel-Casino in Ilhéu de Santa Maria: Government Concession of the Islet (Djeu) for 75 Years]. Expresso das Ilhas (in Portuguese). 2015.
↑ "Passageiros para Cabo Verde ficam retidos em Fortaleza devido a uma avaria no Boeing 757 da TACV". A Nação (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 September 2015.
↑ "Chuvas fazem transbordar barragens de Faveta e de Canto de Cagarra". A Semana (in Portuguese). Praia. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
↑ Fonseca, Sanny (2015-08-31). "Boa Vista: Furacão Fred deixa 50 casas destruídas em Povoação Velha" [Hurricane Fred Destroyed About 50 Houses in Povoação Velha]. A Semana (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2015-08-31.
↑ "Resumo a minuto do Furacão Fred". Ocean Press (in Portuguese). 31 August 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
↑ "llha do Sal foi uma das mais fustigadas pelo Furacão Fred" (in Portuguese). Macedo de Cavaleiros, Portugal: Radio Onda Livre. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
↑ "Furacão Fred: Governo vai precisar de 30 mil contos para intervenções em São Nicolau". Inforpress (in Portuguese). Praia. 2015-09-08. Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
↑ "Santo Antão: Agricultores de Alto Mira querem apoio do MDR para compensar estragos nas culturas". Inforpress CV (in Portuguese). Praia. 2015-09-09. Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
↑ "Chuvas fazem transbordar barragens de Faveta e de Canto de Cagarra" [Rainfall Filled Up the Dams of Faveta and Canto de Cagarra]. A Semana (in Portuguese). Praia. 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
↑ "Praia e Boston celebram geminação". A Semana (in Portuguese). 11 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
↑ 21st Mindelo Theatrical Festival at Mindelact
↑ "Cabo Verde: Batuque vence Derby en conquista supertaça de São Vicente". Mozambican newspaper (in Portuguese). 14 January 2015.
↑ "Batuque vence supertaça em São Vicente" [Batuque Wins the Super Cup in São Vicente]. Alfa CV (in Portuguese). 14 January 2015.
↑ "Relvado do campo de Achada Grande Frente foi inaugurad" [Achada Grande Frente Field Opened]. Oceanpress (in Portuguese). 12 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
↑ "Paulense sagra-se campeão na zona Norte de Santo Antão" [Paulense Became Champion of Santo Antão North Zone]. A Semana (in Portuguese). 1 March 2015. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
↑ "Futebol Maio: Académico 83 É O Novo Campeão Regional" [Académico '83, the New Regional Champion]. Criolosport (in Portuguese). 13 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
1 2 "Académico 83 do Maio e Académica da Boa Vista são os novos campeões regionais" [Académico 83 and Académica Boa Vista Are New Regional Champs]. A Semana (in Portuguese). 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
1 2 "Spartak e Académico são os novos campeões regionais das ilhas do Fogo e do Sal" [Spartak And Académico Aeroporto, New Regional Champions of the Island of Fogo and Sal]. Futebol CV. 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
↑ "Futebol/Santo Antão – Sul: Académica do Porto Novo conquista o penta campeonato regional" [Académica Porto Novo Won the Fifth Regional Championship]. Inforpress CV (in Portuguese). 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
↑ "Futebol/Santiago Sul: Boavista da Praia sagra-se campeão regional" [Boavista Praia Claimed the Regional Champion] (in Portuguese). Inforpress CV. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
↑ "Mindelense no grupo B do Campeonato Nacional de Futebol" [Mindelense in Group B of the National Football Championships]. A Nação (in Portuguese). 11 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
↑ "Futebol/Brava: Sporting da Brava revalida título regional". Inforpress CV (in Portuguese). 27 April 2015. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
↑ "Regionais: Ultramarina de São Nicolau sagra-se campeã" [Regionals: Ultramarina Champion of São Nicolau]. A Semana (in Portuguese). 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
↑ "Apurados todos os campeões regionais de futebol". A Semana (in Portuguese). 3 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
↑ "Bairro e campeão de Cabo Verde" [Bairro, Capeverdean Champions]. SAPO PT (in Portuguese). 12 July 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
↑ "Futebol: Regional de Santiago Sul arranca a 13 de Novembro" [Southern Santiago Regional Season Begins on 13 November]. Expresso das Ilhas. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
↑ "Santo Antão Sul - Fiorentina estreia-se no campeonato regional" [Fiorentina Returned to the Regional Championships]. Criolosprt (in Portuguese). 3 December 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
↑ "Joel de Castro apresentado como novo treinador do Boavista da Praia" ("Joel de Castro, the New Manager for Boavista Praia")". SAPO Desporto. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
↑ "Liga dos Campeões Africanos: Bairro termina na oitava posição" [African Champions League, Bairro Finished Eight in Basketball]. A Semana. 19 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

Years in Cape Verde (1938–present)
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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

2015 in Africa
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States with limited recognition	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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