Organizer of Brockton fundraiser lost loved ones in Cape Verde crash

Sept. 10, 2026, 4:56 a.m. ET A bus accident in Cape Verde resulted in 25 deaths, primarily children and teenagers. The tragedy deeply affected Brockton's large Cape Verdean community, many of whom are from the island of Fogo where the crash occurred …

“What a scam”: SA man visits Cape Verde and gets deeply disappointed

A South African man travelled to Cape Verde expecting to see the beautiful women he had spotted during football tournaments on TV He shared his shocking disappointment in a video that racked up over 321,000 views on X South Africans online could not stop …

Cape Verde’s Vozinha is on the Ballon d’Or Goalkeeper of the Year shortlist. That’s not a sentence many people would ...

Cape Verde’s Vozinha is on the Ballon d’Or Goalkeeper of the Year shortlist. That’s not a sentence many people would have predicted a year ago. The 40-year-old, real name Josimar José Évora Dias, is one of ten names in the running after the summer he had …

Cape Verde's Vozinha gets GK award nomination

Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha has been nominated for the men's Goalkeeper of the Year award at the 2026 Ballon d'Or. The 40-year-old was named in the 10-man shortlist after a World Cup campaign which saw him become of the most beloved players at …

Cape Verde hero Vozinha earns Ballon d’Or nomination

The 40-year-old was included in the 10-man shortlist alongside Thibaut Courtois, David Raya, Matvei Safonov, Emiliano Martínez, Yassine Bounou, Gregor Kobel, Joan García, Édouard Mendy and Unai Simón. Vozinha rose to international prominence after making …

2026 Ballon d’Or: Cape Verde World Cup Hero Vozinha Nominated for Goalkeeper Award

Cape Verde National Men’s Football Team goalkeeper Vozinha has been nominated for the Goalkeeper Award at the 2026 Ballon d’Or. (Scroll down to view the full list of nominees) The 40 year old was nominated for the prestigious award in the Men’s category …

Ballon d’Or 2026: Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha nominated [Top 10]

Cape Verde goalkeeper, Vozinha, has been nominated for the 2026 Ballon d’Or Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year. Vozinha made the list released on Tuesday, following his exploits for Cape Verde during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The 40-year-old will compete with   …

Cape Verde icon Vozinha gets GK award nomination

Senegal, Cape Verde breathed unsafe air for more than 120 days in 2025 – AfriCAN 2026 Report

For more than four months in 2025, parts of West Africa were breathing air that failed the World Health Organization's daily safety guideline.  That is according to the new Africa Air Quality Brief 2026, the first continent-wide air quality report from …

Mainly young people among 25 dead in Cape Verde bus crash

Nairobi, Sept 7. (dpa/GNA) – Twenty-five passengers, most of them children and teenagers, have been killed in a bus accident on the island of Fogo in the island nation of Cape Verde, local media reported on Sunday. Many others were reported to have …