{"id":45584,"date":"2026-09-16T07:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T05:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=45584"},"modified":"2026-09-16T07:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T05:20:09","slug":"cape-verde-president-enters-race-for-second-five-year-term","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/cape-verde-president-enters-race-for-second-five-year-term\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Verde President enters race for second five-year term \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Jos\u00e9 Maria Neves has announced his bid for a second five-year term in Cape Verde\u2019s upcoming presidential election, scheduled to take place across the West African island nation on November 15, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in the capital, Praia, Neves, who previously served as Prime Minister for 15 years before winning the Presidency in 2021, stated that his re-election campaign aims to leverage his institutional experience to foster national stability and economic growth. The announcement opens a dynamic campaign cycle, with several political figures stepping forward to challenge the incumbent.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Political analyst Professor Jos\u00e9 Francisco Pavia highlighted that the election landscape reflects Cape Verde&#8217;s mature democratic tradition, characterised by peaceful power shifts and competitive democratic debate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am a candidate for the Presidency of the Republic of Cabo Verde,&#8221; Neves declared, emphasising his commitment to building on his first term&#8217;s record. &#8220;I do so with a sense of duty fulfilled, with serenity, confidence, and an unbridled determination to continue serving our country together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Following established constitutional procedure during presidential campaign periods, the national assembly leadership will handle interim executive arrangements as candidates finalise their formal registrations ahead of the elections.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36237,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-45584","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Cape Verde President announces re-election bid for November 15 vote","published_date":"2026-09-16 07:07:22","news_description":"Cape Verde President announces re-election bid for November 15 vote","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45585,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/45584\/revisions\/45585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=45584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}