THE GREEN CAPE

In the news from the African Nations' Cup, Cape Verde is a country named after the Cap-Vert peninsula, on the Senegalese coast of North Africa (16deg North: 23deg West). The name Cap-Vert, in turn, is Portuguese, Cabo Verde ('green cape'), the name that Portuguese explorers gave the cape in 1444, as they explored the islands. The islands lie approx. 350 miles off the west African coast. Its climate is sub-tropical with a low rainfall and temperatures around 25 deg C all year. The best time to visit in during the "winter"-Nov-June.

On 24 October 2013, the country's delegation to the United Nations informed it that other countries should no longer use Cape Verde or any other translations of Cabo Verde as part of its official name: all countries should use Republic of Cabo Verde as the country's official name. Speakers of English have used the name Cape Verde for the archipelago and country since its independence in 1975.  In 2013, the Cape Verdean government determined that it would use the Portuguese name Cabo Verde for official purposes.

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Praia (Pop: approx 120,000) is the capital on Santiago Island. There is a national population of around 480,000.

The Cape Verde national football team (FIFA Rank 73rd) is nicknamed either the Tubarões Azuis (Blue Sharks) or Crioulos (Creoles-and the nation speaks the Creole language). The team has played at three African Nations Cup Football in 2013, 2015, 2021. The country is closely associated with Portugual and is financially and politically associated with Europe and some African countries. There are volcanic and limestone minerals, wines, fish, reasonable agriculture, a developed airport, and therefore tourism and considerable imported foodstuffs.

In the recent African Cup of Nations: 

In Group, Second place: second to Cameroon 1-1 and better than Mozambique and Ethiopia

Played 6, won 2 Drawn 4 Lost 0: For 6 Against 3.

In the Rd of 16 lost to Senegal 2-0.

Roberto Lopes (born in Crumlin, Dublin, Eire; June 1992), with a CV father and Irish mother, he is also known as Pico, is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for Shamrock Rovers.