All news on the topic: Cape Verde

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At least 25 people killed in horrific bus crash on Cape Verde island
At least 25 people — mostly teenagers — were killed in a traffic accident in the African island nation of Cape Verde, local media and officials said Sunday.
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Trapped at sea: Why the deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the Hondius has alarmed health authorities worldwide
As the MV Hondius set sail from Ushuaia, the world’s southernmost city, on April 1st, the gray skies over Tierra del Fuego cleared, lighting up the fresh snow on the mountain peaks and the autumn foliage closer to the shore.
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Third Brit taken ill with suspected rat virus after "serious" outbreak on cruise ship
A third British national is suspected to have a case of the rat-borne hantavirus on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha, the UK Health Security Agency said.
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British ex-cop Martin Anstee airlifted from plague ship as rat-borne virus kills passengers
A former British police officer evacuated from a cruise ship gripped by a rat-borne virus outbreak has been named and pictured for the first time.
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Three suspected hantavirus patients evacuated from cruise ship as outbreak grows
Three people with suspected hantavirus, including a British doctor who is a crew member, have been medically evacuated from a cruise ship.
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Canary Islands refuse docking of MV Hondius following hantavirus outbreak
Plans for MV Hondius to dock in the Canary Islands have been rejected by local authorities.
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Cruise ship hit by hantavirus outbreak to sail to Canary Islands after evacuations
The cruise ship affected by a deadly hantavirus outbreak will move to the Canary Islands after three people infected with the illness are evacuated to Cape Verde.
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Cruise ship in Atlantic locked out of Cape Verde ports after rare virus outbreak leaves three dead
Cape Verde will not allow a cruise ship to dock in its ports after three people on board died following an outbreak of a rare respiratory virus.
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Deadly bug fears as seventh Brit dies after Cape Verde trip
A seventh British tourist has unfortunately passed away after visiting the Riu Funana resort in Sal - his wife states that her husband endured symptoms for 12 weeks before experiencing multi-organ failure and dying.
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‘Life turned upside down’: Briton sues Tui over injuries on ‘compensation’ excursion
A dad-of-three is suing holiday provider Tui for more than £500,000 in damages after suffering life-changing injuries in a quad bike crash.
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TUI flight makes emergency landing minutes after take-off at Manchester Airport
A Tui flight from Newcastle to Cape Verde was forced into making an emergency landing "as a precaution" after a bird strike shortly after take off
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Brit tourist trapped on holiday after being smashed by freak giant wave on beach
Charline Edwards, from Sutton Coldfield, has been left unable to walk and will need a flight that will allow her to lie on a stretcher after she was hit by a freak wave in Cape Verde