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Cape Verde: Twitter Suspends Nigerian Accounts in Cape Verde Row Over Envoy
East African, 13 April 2021
Twitter has suspended the accounts of a number of Nigerian influencers who have been accused by the US government of having orchestrated the deadly October 2020 protests against… Read more »
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West Africa: Plan In Motion to Extradite Venezuela Ambassador to U.S. as ECOWAS Court Overruled
Premium Times, 18 March 2021
The verdict is in sharp contrast to Monday's judgment of the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Mr Saab's arrest, detention and plan by… Read more »
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West Africa: Ecowas Court Orders Cape Verde to Release Venezuelan Diplomat Saab
East African, 17 March 2021
Eight days after the African Bar Association's (AfBA) warning to Cape Verde Island over the detention of a Venezuelan diplomat, the Economic Community of West African States… Read more »
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West Africa: Cape Verde Defends Detention of Venezuelan Diplomat
Premium Times, 6 February 2021
Cape Verde had in June 2020 detained a Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, at the request of the United States. Read more »
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Nigeria: Again, Falana Writes Cape Verde, Demands Release of Venezuelan Diplomat
Premium Times, 16 March 2021
The ECOWAS court has ordered the release of a Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, and also awarded $200,000 as compensation for his arrest and detention. Read more »
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West Africa: Venezuelan Envoy Urges Ecowas Court to Halt His Extradition From Cape Verde to U.S.
This Day, 19 October 2020
A Special Envoy to the Government of Venezuela, Mr. Alex Nain Saab Morán, has urged the West African regional court, the ECOWAS Court of Justice, to halt the plan to… Read more »
Venezuela Envoy to Go to U.S., Cape Verde Supreme Court Rules
The Cape Verde Supreme Court, in a verdict sharply contrasting that of an ECOWAS court ruling on Venezuelan Ambassador Alex Saab, ruled that the ambassador should be extradited to the U.S. to stand trial for alleged money laundering. In June 2020, Cape Verde arrested him in accordance with an Interpol red notice after the plane in which he was travelling from Iran to Venezuela refuelled in Cape Verde. Days after the African Bar Association warned Cape Verde, the West African States' ECOWAS court ruled that the arrest and detention were illegal. The diplomat's lawyer, Femi Falana, filed a suit at the court, challenging the arbitrary arrest and detention of the diplomat. He argued that Saab should have enjoyed diplomatic immunity and should not be subjected to imprisonment and legal proceedings. Over 200,000 protesters took to the streets of Venezuela on March 15, 2021, demanding the release of the ambassador.
Cape Verde flag top left, Venezuela flag top right, US flag bottom left, ECOWAS headquarters
