Cidade da Praia, Jan 29 (Inforpress) – Luso-Timorese author Berta Montalvão presented on Thursday, in Praia, the book “Lusophone Careers – Experiences and Challenges of Migration”, which brings together life stories of 16 Lusophone citizens with professional experience in at least one CPLP country.

The work features the experiences of Edson Athayde, Cláudio Bento França, Pedro Lagrifa, Helena Viegas Lopes, Matilde Freitas Fortes, Silvânia Santos, Isabel Nolasco, Nelson Costa, Roselyn Silva, Izabel de Paula, Soraia Sulemane, Nádia Neves, Abdel Camará, Sidney Cerqueira and Rui Dinis.

Speaking to Inforpress, the author explained that the book emerged from her own migratory experience.

“Above all, it is my career as an immigrant. I am also an immigrant, and the writing of this book essentially coincides with my return home. At the age of 24, I emigrated to Angola, where I stayed for 13 years, and later moved to Timor-Leste, eventually returning home through my parents’ heritage,” she said.

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Cidade da Praia, Jan 30 (Inforpress) – The Deputy Minister to the Prime Minister and Minister for Youth and Sports, Carlos Monteiro, stated today that sports medicine is a fundamental area for the development of national sports, highlighting its positive impact on the country’s sporting landscape.

The official was speaking at the ceremony for the awarding of certificates to doctors of the Therapeutic Use Authorization Commission (CAUT), within the framework of the First Postgraduate Course in Sports Medicine.

Carlos Monteiro congratulated the four trained professionals and assured the continuity of specialized professional training in Cabo Verde, announcing the opening of enrollment for specialized training courses in sports-related fields in October.

“Therefore, the training for which we are symbolically awarding certificates today fits within this framework of ensuring professionals in all areas related to sports, and sports medicine is obviously a fundamental area for the success and development of our sports,” he specified.

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Porto Novo, Jan 30 (Inforpress) – The former fumigation centre in Porto Novo, decommissioned six months ago, will be transferred “within days” to the Atlantic Technical University (UTA), to serve the university campus in Santo Antão.

The information was announced by the Minister of Education, Amadeu Cruz, at the conclusion of a visit to Santo Antão, where he chaired an expanded council meeting of the ministry held between January 27 and 29 in the city of Porto Novo.

Amadeu Cruz explained that the former fumigation centre will be transferred to UTA “to create greater sustainability for higher education in Santo Antão,” and will serve the Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Technologies, headquartered on the island.

The Minister of Agriculture and Environment had previously assured Parliament that the former Porto Novo fumigation centre would be “properly utilized” by the Government, which intended to give the infrastructure, built in 2010, “a different use.”

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Cidade da Praia, Jan 30 (Inforpress) – The Cape Verdean Head of State, José Maria Neves, is today meeting with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, on the sidelines of his visit to France as part of the fourth edition of the “Presidency in the Diaspora.”

According to the visit programme, José Maria Neves met on Friday with the Director-General of the French Development Agency (AFD), Rémy Rioux.

The Presidency of the Republic also announced that on Thursday, during a meeting with the Director-General of UNESCO, Khaled El-Enany, the latter reaffirmed the organization’s commitment to structuring projects led by Cabo Verde through the President of the Republic, in his capacity as Champion for the Preservation of Africa’s Natural and Cultural Heritage.

The Head of State, who is also Patron of the Ocean Decade Alliance and Godfather of UNESCO’s General History of Africa, will meet with senior officials in February in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, as part of his agenda dedicated to the preservation of natural and cultural heritage. Khaled El-Enany has already confirmed his attendance.

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