Nordic Africa Days 2012 - Call for papers

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.

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.

The Jebel Aulia Dam is a dam on the White Nile, an hour drive from Khartoum.

Norway condemns the bombing of the Yida refugee camp in South Sudan by the Sudanese military, and urges the parties to come to the negotiating table to find a solution to the conflict in Southern Kordofan State and Blue Nile State.

Minister of Culture Al-Samawa’al Khalafalla Al-Quraish emphasized the high priority the government in Sudan gives to culture when discussing possible cooperation with Norway with ambassador Kjemprud yesterday.