From: Africa Direct
Mechanic Sea: Diving for scrap metal in Cape Verde
Metal waste from the sea bed is a source of income for Bruno – but mainly he loves the peace he finds under the water.
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The powerful Canary Current ferries trash from across the world to the island beaches of the West African country.
Press freedom violations are so rare in Cape Verde that an investigation of three reporters has sparked national debate.
![Members of the press union in Cape Verde hold placards supporting three of their own who are under investigation, during a protest on February 4, 2022, in Praia, the country's capital [Credit: Associaçao dos Journalistas de Cabo Verde]](/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/b710ed8e-44f6-48dd-8943-f84e2ba5f5e1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Josia Maria Neves, a former prime minister, wins the presidency in the first round as his main rival concedes defeat.
![Jose Maria Neves will inherit responsibility for stabilising Cape Verde's tourism-driven economy after the COVID-19 pandemic drove it deep into recession [File: Rafael Marchante/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/2021-10-18T082033Z_560467638_RC28CQ9E8L71_RTRMADP_3_CAPEVERDE-ELECTION.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Record seven candidates running, with two ex-PMs – Carlos Veiga and José Maria Neves – seen as the strongest contenders.
![A Cape Verdean voter drops a ballot in a voting box at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Praia on April 18, 2021 [File: Seyllou/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/000_98A7YF.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Despite regular eruptions, people of a village in Cape Verde continue to rebuild their homes at the foot of a volcano.
![Children’s clothes hang to dry at the foot of the volcano. [Annika Hammerschlag/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/File-25.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
How music shaped by slavery, epidemics and migration travelled the world, narrating stories of suffering and resistance.
![A violinist known as Nhô Raul performs with other morna musicians in the Cape Verdean Island of Brava [Courtesy of Cape Verde's Cultural heritage institute]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Festa-Tradicional-Nova-Sintra-Brava.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Movement for Democracy party is expected to hand Ulisses Correia e Silva a second five-year term as PM.
![Prime Minister of Cape Verde Ulisses Correia e Silva interacts with vendors at the Plateau market in Praia, after his victory in the 2021 parliamentary elections [Seyllou/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/000_98B97N.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Neither of the two main parties is predicted to emerge the outright winner of election dominated by the pandemic.
![The election campaign was dominated by the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on a tourism-dependent economy [Seyllou/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/000_98A2KD.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Alex Saab carried a letter from Maduro asking for Iranian petrol and medicines when he was arrested on a US warrant.
![Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony marking the start of the judicial year at the Supreme Tribunal in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, January 22, 2021 [Matias Delacroix/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP_21022669024684.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Navy cook turned boxer Davilson Morais is one of only three super heavyweight boxers from the continent at the Games.
