2007 in Cape Verde explained

The following lists events that happened during 2007 in Cape Verde.

Incumbents

• President

Pedro Pires

• Prime Minister

José Maria Neves

Events

• First publication of newspaper A Nação
• Cape Verde signed two UN conventions, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
• November: Expansion of Rabil Airport (now Aristides Pereira International Airport) completed^[1]
• December: desalination plant opened in Porto Novo, Santo Antão^[2]

Sports

See also: 2006–07 in Cape Verdean football and 2007–08 in Cape Verdean football.

• Sporting Clube da Praia won the Cape Verdean Football Championship^[3]
• Académica da Praia won the Taça Nacional de Cabo Verde^[4]

Deaths

• João Vário (b. 1937), writer

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cape Verde: New Boavista international airport receives first flights . Macauhub English . 7 November 2007.
2. News: Dessalinizadora do Porto Novo inaugurada na próxima segunda-feira. Porto Novo'sDesal Plant to Open Next Monday. A Semana. pt. 28 November 2017. 2017-05-27.
3. Web site: List of champions of Cape Verde. RSSSF. 12 November 2018.
4. Web site: List of cup winners of Cape Verde. RSSSF. 12 November 2018.