City of Praia, 19 Mar (Inforpress) – Cidade Velha will host, from 16 to 18 October, the first International Storytelling Festival of Cabo Verde, an initiative aimed at rescuing and enhancing oral tradition through storytelling at the “doorstep”.

Speaking to Inforpress, storyteller and mentor of the initiative, Adriano Reis, explained that the festival stems from a research and valorisation process of oral tradition, initiated several years ago on the island of Santiago under the project “Bebi na Fonte”.

“After two years of research in Cidade Velha, I decided to transform the cultural immersion experience on the island of Santiago into a literary trilogy,” said the representative of Associação RJ Anima.

With two books already published and the third to be launched at the festival, the author stressed that this is where the idea of creating the International Storytelling Festival emerged, with the aim of valuing the Cape Verdean language in its various variants.

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City of Praia, 19 Mar (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean Handball Federation aims to strengthen the sustainable development of the sport through structural measures, focusing on training, talent identification and technical capacity-building, announced today the president Ângela Almeida.

Among the planned actions, the focus is on the national coach’s visits to the different islands, as part of a talent scouting programme aimed at identifying and integrating new athletes with the potential to represent the country in upcoming international competitions.

Alongside this initiative, the federation plans to reactivate the Olympic team, involving athletes aged 17 to 21, in a strategy aimed at the gradual renewal of the main team and the creation of a broader competitive base.

According to the official, these measures are part of a medium- and long-term vision aimed at ensuring continuity in technical work and guaranteeing greater consistency in sporting results.

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Porto Inglês, 19 Mar (Inforpress) – Associação Joaninha carried out more than 10,000 deworming treatments for dogs and cats on the island of Maio throughout 2025, strengthening its ongoing work in promoting animal health and welfare.

According to data released today by the association, a total of 10,308 deworming treatments were performed during the year, corresponding to a monthly average of around 859 animals treated.

During the same period, the association also performed 176 surgeries as part of its population control and veterinary assistance actions.

For the organization, these results reflect the impact of its close work with communities, with direct effects on improving animal welfare conditions and safeguarding public health.

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Assomada, 16 Mar (Inforpress) –Today the International experts advocated, in the city of Assomada, the need to deepen the study of daily life during the colonial period and to understand the mechanisms of control and repression of populations.

These statements were made במסגרת the workshop “Dictatorship, institutions and colonialism”, promoted by UNESCO, at the University of Cabo Verde campus in Assomada.

Speaking to the press, University of Geneva professor Alexander Keese stated that Portuguese colonialism had “profound impacts” on populations, marked by discrimination and repression, and defended the importance of analysing these realities to better understand historical complexity.

According to the academic, in the case of Cabo Verde, these impacts include transformations in rural areas and the effects of famines, elements that help explain the social dynamics of the period.

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