Nordic Africa Days 2012 - Call for papers

State secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Torgeir Larsen today visits Khartoum for comprehensive talks on bilateral issues, regional developments and the current crisis in the negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan. Mr. Larsen meets the ministers of Petroleum and International Cooperation, state minister of Foreign Affairs as well as the Speaker of Parliament among other meetings.

Professor Rune Nilsen at University of Bergen was last week awarded a honorary Doctorate of Science by the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Science and Technology (UST), Omdurman.

The Drylands Coordination Group (DCG) is a network for capacity building through exchange of practical experience and appropriate knowledge on food security in the drylands of Africa. Today representatives of DCG discussed the activities in Sudan with ambassador Jens-Petter Kjemprud.

Sudan is a natural place for developing solar power. In a small solar plant assembly in Soba outside Khartoum around 2 MW solar panels are produced annually. The Minister of Science and Technology Eissa Bushra Mohamed says the potential is many fold in Sudan.

An agreement between the Norwegian Embassy and Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) was signed this week, for support to the Transitional Support Unit (TSU). The TSU has been established under the IGAD auspices, and will provide logistical and financial support to the AUHIP led post-referendum negotiations between Sudan and South Sudan.

A visit to Wad Medani - the capital of the Gezira state - is not regrettable. Good souks, friendly atmosphere and trips on the Nile are only few things this city has to offer.