 Although the Cape Verde archipelago is geographically in Africa, there have been similar situations before.Cyprus is an island nation that, despite being geographically in Asia, has already joined both the Council of Europe and the EU.Furthermore, the Cape Verde islands are part of the same island group as the Canary Islands (part of Spain), Madeira Islands (part of Portugal) and Azores Islands (part of Portugal), known as Macaronesia.