00:00Cape Verde is set for a major political transition.
00:03The country's main opposition party, the African Party for Independence of Cape Verde, or PEICV,
00:11has won Sunday's parliamentary elections with 46% of the vote, according to provisional results,
00:18from nearly 98% of polling stations.
00:21Its leader, Francisco Cavello, who is also the mayor of the capital prior,
00:26is poised to become the country's new prime minister.
00:29He will replace Ulysse Kareya El-Siva, who has led the government for the past 10 years.
00:35The PEICV has so far secured 33 of the 72 seats in the National Assembly
00:42and could still reach an outright majority once the remaining seats, including those from the diaspora, are counted.
00:49Outgoing prime minister has considered defeat and congratulated his successor.
00:54With a population of about 550,000, Cape Verde is widely regarded as one of Africa's strongest democracies.
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