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Hantavirus outbreak suspected on cruise ship near Cape Verde

Passengers on a cruise ship off Cape Verde suspected of hantavirus infection amid ongoing outbreak concerns.

https://warnely.com/news/hantavirus-outbreak-suspected-on-cruise-ship-near-cape-verde-fa01db57-97be-4797-9465-4fd7a4344a16

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SJK’s Kelvin Pires becomes the first Veikkausliiga player at a World Cup since 2018 after being selected by Cape Verde...

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https://www.mondiaries.com/2026/05/sjk-midfielder-kelvin-pires-named-in.html

Cape Verde’s 26-man squad for the 2026 World Cup is dominated by players born abroad, with Logan Costa and US-born Carlos dos Santos included...
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https://www.mondiaries.com/2026/05/cape-verde-name-diaspora-led-squad-for.html

Agi: Quarantena a Bordeaux: morto un passeggero, 1700 bloccati in nave

AGI - Oltre 1.700 persone sono state messe in quarantena a bordo di una nave da crociera arrivata a Bordeaux ieri sera da Brest dopo la morte di un passeggero novantenne per un sospetto caso di gastroenterite. Lo riferiscono le autorità sanitarie.
Tra i 1.233 passeggeri, per lo piu' britannici e irlandesi, oltre al defunto, circa una cinquantina hanno manifestato sintomi e sono in corso test per rilevare l'eventuale presenza di norovirus. A bordo si trovano anche 514 membri dell'equipaggio.
Il percorso della nave e i test sanitari
La nave della Ambassador Cruise Line, partita dalle Isole Shetland il 6 maggio, ha fatto scalo a Belfast, Liverpool e Brest prima di arrivare a Bordeaux, da dove è previsto il suo ritorno in Spagna.
I primi test a bordo hanno escluso la presenza di norovirus, ma ulteriori analisi sono in corso presso l'ospedale di Bordeaux, hanno indicato le autorita' sanitarie. Non e' stata esclusa la possibilità di un'intossicazione alimentare e sono stati smentiti tutti i collegamenti con l'hantavirus, ritenuto responsabile della morte di tre passeggeri della nave da crociera MV Hondius, in viaggio da Ushuaia a Capo Verde.
Dinamica dei sintomi e decesso a bordo
Secondo le autorità, il picco dei sintomi - vomito e diarrea - si e' verificato l'11 maggio, quando la nave si trovava nella citta' francese di Brest. La vittima novantenne e' deceduta prima che la nave raggiungesse quel porto.

Quarantine in Bordeaux: a passenger has died, 1700 stranded on a ship.

AGI - More than 1,700 people have been placed in quarantine aboard a cruise ship that arrived in Bordeaux last night from Brest after the death of a 90-year-old passenger due to suspected gastroenteritis. Health authorities report this.
Of the 1,233 passengers, mostly British and Irish, along with the deceased, about fifty have shown symptoms and tests are underway to detect the possible presence of norovirus. There are also 514 crew members on board.
The ship's route and health tests
The Ambassador Cruise Line ship, which departed from the Shetland Islands on May 6th, made stops in Belfast, Liverpool and Brest before arriving in Bordeaux, from where its return to Spain is planned.
Initial tests on board ruled out the presence of norovirus, but further analyses are underway at the Bordeaux hospital, according to health authorities. The possibility of food poisoning was not ruled out and all links with hantavirus were denied, considered responsible for the death of three passengers on the MV Hondius cruise ship, en route from Ushuaia to Cape Verde.
Symptoms and death on board
According to authorities, the peak of symptoms – vomiting and diarrhea – occurred on May 11th, when the ship was in the French city of Brest. The 90-year-old victim died before the ship reached that port.

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https://www.agi.it/estero/news/2026-05-13/bordeaux-nave-quarantena-morto-37036384/

The Guardian | Cape Verde bets on tech to reverse postcolonial brain drain by Eromo Egbejule in Praia and Mindelo

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Cape Verde is betting on a digital boom to curb one of the world’s highest emigration rates, turning the archipelago into a tech hub for West Africa. Led by Pedro Fernandes Lopes, the secretary of state for the digital economy, the government created a digital‑economy ministry in 2021 with a goal of making the sector account for a quarter of GDP by 2030, already providing public services to the 529 000 residents and a diaspora estimated at three‑to‑four times the population. Internet penetration has risen to 75 %—double the African average—and schoolchildren are learning robotics and coding, while under‑sea cables link the islands to global networks. Central to the strategy is TechParkCV, a £44.8 million facility that houses an incubation centre, youth training, and a conference space, recently attracting the Web Summit and dozens of startups benefiting from tax incentives and African Development Bank financing. Though challenges remain—poor air connectivity, occasional discrimination at airports, and concerns that startups rely too heavily on government subsidies—the government is optimistic that fostering local talent, encouraging diaspora investment, and creating a self‑sustaining tech ecosystem will reverse the post‑colonial brain drain and spark economic transformation.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/10/cape-verde-tech-brain-drain

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