A boat with 280 migrants on board lands in the Canary Islands. The migrants were of sub-Saharan African origin. This route has become increasingly popular in recent years. A small boat carrying 280 migrants has reached Spain’s Canary Islands, making it the largest group of migrants to arrive on the remote island of El Hierro, … Read more
Over 60 people may have tragically lost their lives when a migrant boat carrying them capsized off the Cape Verde peninsula in Senegal, West Africa, according to official reports. Rescuers managed to save 38 individuals, including children, who were brought ashore on stretchers, as captured in footage on the island of Sal. The majority of … Read more
PRAIA, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) — The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is already circulating in Cape Verde, said Maria da Luz Lima, the president of the National Institute of Public Health (INSP), urging people to get vaccinated and comply with preventive measures. More than 300 samples sent a week ago to the Institut Pasteur in Dakar … Read more
