A man has become the seventh British tourist in the last three years to die in Cape Verde following a gastric illness . The man, in his 50s, died following a week-long stay at the five-star Riu Palace Santa Maria on the island of Sal. He has become the seventh British person since January 2023 to pass away after becoming severely ill in the country. The latest fatal incident comes after Jane Pressley, 62, of Gainsborough, and Mark Ashley, 55, from Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire, died in January