Cape Verdean Prime Minister Jose Maria Neves will visit New Bedford Saturday.

The appearance is part of a visit with Cape Verdeans living in New England that will take place from Saturday through April 2. Other meetings will be held in Boston, Brockton, East Providence and Pawtucket. The Prime Minister will be at the New Bedford Whaling National Park's Corsom Martime Building at 10 a.m.

Saturday. Neves will also meet with President Obama in Washington Thursday as part of a group of African leaders from Sierra Leone, Senegal and Malawi meeting the President.

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