{"id":49639,"date":"2026-11-01T08:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T06:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=49639"},"modified":"2026-11-01T08:45:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T06:45:54","slug":"cape-verde-prepares-for-november-presidential-election","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/cape-verde-prepares-for-november-presidential-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Verde prepares for November presidential election \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Official campaigning for Cape Verde\u2019s presidential election is underway, launching two weeks of canvassing ahead of the vote on November 15.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Six candidates are in the running for the Presidency ahead of the official end of campaigning on November 13, according to the National Elections Commission.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent President Jos\u00e9 Maria Neves, backed by the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV), is bidding for a second term. His chief rival is expected to be former Justice Minister Joana Rosa, who enjoys the backing of the ruling Movement for Democracy (MpD).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The remaining field includes four independent candidates; Gilson Alves, Casimiro Pina, Antero Tavares, and Loisito Sousa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Analysing the contest, Cape Verdean journalist Jos\u00e9 Vicente Lopes highlighted that the campaign will largely center on economic recovery, governance, and preserving institutional stability across the archipelago.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":36237,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-49639","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Cape Verde launches two week presidential campaign ahead of November 15 vote","published_date":"2026-11-01 08:14:47","news_description":"Cape Verde launches two week presidential campaign ahead of November 15 vote","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49639","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":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49641,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/49639\/revisions\/49641"}],"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=49639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=49639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}