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| Decades: | 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s
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 The following lists events that happened during 1961 in Cape Verde. 
  Incumbents
  Events
  Sports
  References
   | 1961 in Africa | 
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| Sovereign states |  AlgeriaAngolaBeninBotswanaBurkina FasoBurundiCameroonCentral African RepublicChadComorosDemocratic Republic of the CongoRepublic of the CongoDjiboutiEgyptEquatorial GuineaEritreaEswatiniEthiopiaGabonThe GambiaGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauIvory CoastKenyaLesothoLiberiaLibyaMadagascarMalawiMaliMauritaniaMauritiusMoroccoMozambiqueNamibiaNigerNigeriaRwandaSão Tomé and PríncipeSenegalSeychellesSierra LeoneSomaliaSouth AfricaSouth SudanSudanTanzaniaTogoTunisiaUgandaZambiaZimbabwe
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| States with limitedrecognition
 |  Sahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicSomaliland
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| Dependencies andother territories
 |  Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla (Spain)Madeira (Portugal)Mayotte / Réunion (France)Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
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