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Red Cross of Cape Verde: Development of National Societies and co-operation: The viewpoint of the Red Cross of Cape Verde

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Dario L. R. Dantas dos Reis
Dario L. R. Dantas dos Reis*
Affiliation:
President of the Red Cross of Cape Verde
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Cape Verde, a small archipelago formed by ten islands and eight islets, is located 455 km off the west coast of Africa, between the Tropic of Cancer and the Equator. It has an area of 4,033 sq km and a population of 320,000.

The dry climate and sparse rainfall characteristic of these volcanic islands, which constitute a prolongation into the Atlantic of the arid Sahel region, are extremely unfavourable to agriculture.

Type
Development and Co-Operation Within the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Information
International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 28 , Issue 264 , June 1988 , pp. 213 - 218
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1988

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