Illegality and Injustice: 308 Days of Contempt QUOTES FROM SPEAKERS: Mr Femi Falana: Cape Verde cannot derive economic benefits from the Ecowas and turn round to refuse to comply with the judgment of the Ecowas Court. We have set the engine in motion for imposition of sanctions on Cape Verde until the political authorities are […]
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The verdict is in sharp contrast to Monday’s judgment of the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Mr Saab’s arrest, detention and plan by Cape Verdean government to extradite him. The Cabo Verde’s Supreme Court on Wednesday gave an order authorising the extradition of the Venezuelan diplomat, Alex […]
Abuja — Eight days after the African Bar Association’s (AfBA) warning to Cape Verde Island over the detention of a Venezuelan diplomat, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court has ruled that the arrest and detention was illegal. On Monday, the Ecowas court in Abuja said diplomat Alex Saab should be released and […]
Abuja — Eight days after the African Bar Association’s (AfBA) warning to Cape Verde Island over the detention of a Venezuelan diplomat, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) court has ruled that the arrest and detention was illegal. On Monday, the Ecowas court in Abuja said diplomat Alex Saab should be released and […]
Cape Verde had in June 2020 detained a Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, at the request of the United States. Cape Verde’s grounds for neglecting ECOWAS court’s ruling on the release of the detained Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, were the highlights of the case when it came up for hearing on Friday. Mr Saab’s status as […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Cape Verde as malaria-free, hailing it as a significant milestone in the fight against the disease. But much remains to be done. The news that Cape Verde is malaria-free was received with great joy in the Portuguese-speaking country. For Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva, the “historic moment” […]
Cape Verde has been certified malaria-free by the World Health Organization. The archipelago to the west of Senegal consists of 10 islands, and has a population of over 500,000 people. It is the third country in Africa to be declared malaria-free, after Mauritius (in 1973) and Algeria (in 2019). This brings the total of malaria-free […]