São Filipe, Jun 19 (Inforpress) - The fourth edition of the Talaia Baxu gala will take place on Saturday 21 at the Atalaia multipurpose centre, the place where this traditional musical genre was born, and will honour a couple of talaia baxu dancers.

The 4th edition of the gala, organised annually by the city council of Mosteiros, aims to strengthen the identity of the town of Atalaia, where this musical genre was born, according to the councillor for Culture, Nelson Pires.

This year, the gala pays special tribute to the dancers Alice Teixeira and Lino Teixeira, who were born in Atalaia and live in the United States of America, in recognition of their contribution to preserving and publicising the talaia baxu, now considered Intangible Cultural Heritage of Municipal Interest.

The honourees will be presented with the medal of cultural merit, as well as their biographies and institutional messages and, according to the councillor, the honourees will be represented by family members.

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Praia, Jun 19 (Inforpress) - The Cape Verdean Basketball Federation (FCBB) announces the 17 athletes called up for the men's national team's preparation camp for Afrobasket'2025, whose final phase will be played in Angola.

The internship, according to information provided by the FCBB management, is scheduled to take place from July 2nd to 14th, in Paris (France).

According to the FCBB, the preparation for Afrobasket 2025 represents one more step in the international affirmation of Cape Verdean basketball, with the Tubarões Azuis, the name by which the Cabo Verde national team is known, ‘taking to the field with ambition, talent and the pride of representing the nation’.

The 17 players to be selected for Afrobasket'2025 will be revealed at a press conference to be held at the Vavá Duarte Sports Pavilion, in the presence of FCBB president Hélder Gonçalves and the national coaching team.

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Praia, Jun 17 (Inforpress) - Today, Universidade Jean Piaget of Cabo Verde held a workshop to address the challenges and solutions linked to migration, climate change and sustainable development, with the aim of debating the effects of climate change on population mobility.

The event, organised by the Interuniversity Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies on Migration, Gender and Sustainable Development (CIEI-MGDS) at Uni Piaget, had the main objective of reflecting on the effects of climate change on population mobility, characteristics that affect Cabo Verde in particular, a country marked by environmental vulnerability and the growing threat of desertification.

According to the director of the Center for Studies in Migration, Gender and Sustainable Development at UniPiaget, Gertrudes Silva de Oliveira, the initiative aims to create a space for sharing experiences and scientific knowledge on the subject, with a view to developing recommendations for better management of climate issues related to migration.

"This workshop aims to analyze the reality of Cabo Verde in terms of climate vulnerability, discuss policies to combat desertification and learn about sustainable practices already applied in the country", explained the person in charge, highlighting the importance of the data, which coincides with the International Day to Combat Desertification.

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Lisbon, Jun 19 (Inforpress) - Cabo Verde will host the 2nd CPLP Forum on Safety and Health at Work until the end of 2025, as part of the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the CPLP and the ILO.

This is one of the decisions included in the final declaration of the XVI Meeting of Ministers of Labour and Social Affairs of the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP), held on Wednesday 18th in Lisbon, Portugal, under the slogan ‘Labour dignity and youth employability’.

According to the document, Angola will host the third edition, scheduled for 2027, in partnership with the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

The declaration was signed by the ministers of labour and social affairs of the CPLP, who reaffirmed the member states' commitment to promoting decent work, social protection and the eradication of child labour.

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