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Parade on the 17th of May outside Oslo. 
Photo: Petter Foss / UD.Parade on the 17th of May outside Oslo. Photo: Petter Foss / UD
News and events // Last updated: 16/05/2012 //

Due to the celebration of the Norwegian Constitution Day, the Embassy will be closed. To learn more about this celebration

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Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre (left) and Minister of International Development Hekki Holmås (right). 
Photo: UD.
News and events // Last updated: 08/05/2012 //

“Norway supports the African Union’s roadmap for resolving the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan. It is urgent that the negotiations move forward. It is encouraging that the AU and the UN are now playing an active role in efforts to find a solution to this tense situation,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

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Norsk // Sist oppdatert: 04/05/2012 //

Utenriksdepartementet fraråder alle reiser til eller opphold i Darfur. I tillegg frarådes reiser eller opphold som ikke er strengt nødvendig til grenseområdene mot Sør-Sudan.

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Photo: Erik Jørgensen / Innovation Norway.
News and events // Last updated: 29/04/2012 //

Norway contributes to the celebration of the 40th year of UNESCO's World Heritage Convention, and is launching a new interactive website discussing World Heritage.

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News and events // Last updated: 02/04/2012 //

Den norske ambassaden i Khartoum utlyser en ledig stilling som administrativ medarbeider ved ambassaden i Khartoum.

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News and events // Last updated: 01/04/2012 //

The Minister of Irrigation and Water prof. Saif-Aldin Hassan Abdalla gave a comprehensive briefing on Nile Basin issues when he met with ambassador Jens-Petter Kjemprud last week. Sudan wants constructive engagement and cooperation with all Nile Basin countries.

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Minister of International Development Heikki Holmås (right) . 
Photo: UD/SV.
News and events // Last updated: 27/03/2012 //

In a government reshuffle in Oslo last week Minister of Environment and International Development Erik Solheim left office. Mr. Solheim visited Sudan more than 10 times since taking office in 2005 and visited most parts of the country.

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The logo of Ahfad University (left) and FK Norway (right)
News and events // Last updated: 07/05/2012 //

More than 25 Sudanese have been through exchange programmes in Norway the last few years, while another 11 Sudanese have been through similar South-South Exchange programmes. 20 Norwegians have been through this programme in Sudan. The main cooperation partner in Sudan is Afhad University.

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News and events // Last updated: 30/04/2012 //

Due to the International Workers' Day, the Royal Norwegian Embassy will be closed Tuesday 1st of May.

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Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre
News and events // Last updated: 12/04/2012 //

“We are concerned by new reports of serious military clashes in the border areas between Sudan and South Sudan. It is vital that the two states respect each other’s sovereignty,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

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News and events // Last updated: 02/04/2012 //

The Royal Norwegian Embassy will have reduced opening hours during the Easter holidays.

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Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre.
News and events // Last updated: 29/03/2012 //

Norway calls on Sudan and South Sudan to refrain from using military force along the border between the two countries.

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Researcher Gunnar Sørbø . 
Photo: CMI.
News and events // Last updated: 26/03/2012 //

Gunnar Sørbø is a Norwegian researcher of renown whose heart beats for Sudan, and has done so for nearly half a century.

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Minister Støre calls for an end to violence in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states in the Sudan

News and events // Last updated: 26/03/2012

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre, is deeply concerned about the danger that the conflict between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-Northern Sector (SPLM-N) in the Sudanese state of Southern Kordofan could escalate further.

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Utlysning – stilling ledig som visum medarbeider ved ambassaden i Khartoum

News and events // Last updated: 22/03/2012

Den norske ambassaden i Khartoum utlyser en ledig stilling som visummedarbeider.

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Announcing The Ibsen Scholarships 2012

News and events // Last updated: 21/03/2012

The Ibsen Scholarships award innovative projects in the field of drama and performing arts and projects that act as incentives for critical discourse in regards to existential and society-related subject matters concerning Henrik Ibsen and his plays. Last year a Sudanese artist received this award.

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Why development aid is not enough

News and events // Last updated: 19/03/2012

Poverty is no coincidence. It is the result of international power structures. Of poor policies and poor leadership. Of historical trends and conflicts. It is about exploitation, discrimination and oppression. Although the world’s rich and poor are becoming increasingly intertwined in a complex global economy, the goods remain unevenly distributed. The disparity between those who have most and...

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Visit to DDR-programme in Blue Nile state

News and events // Last updated: 15/03/2012

H.E. Ambassador Kjemprud visited Blue Nile state on the 14th of March following an invitation by Dr. Sulafeldeen Salih, Commissioner of the Sudan DDR-commission.

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Oslo National Academy of the Arts on study trip to Sudan and Egypt

News and events // Last updated: 14/03/2012

Self-initiated workshops and study trips are a very important part of the MFA program at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (NAA). NAAs trip to Sudan 29th February to 6th March 2012 was made in collaboration with a student in his last year of the program, Mohamed Ali Fadlabi. Fadlabi, as he is now known, was born and raised in Sudan until he left and eventually obtained citizenship in Norway.

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