Norway – Sudan relations are international relations between Norway and

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

. Sudan has an embassy in Oslo. Norway has an embassy in Khartoum. There are 1,318

Sudanese people The demographics of Sudan include the Sudanese people ( ar, سودانيون) and their characteristics, Sudan, including population density, Ethnic group, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspe ...

living in Norway. Most of them are

Christian Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...

refugees and people from

Darfur Darfur ( ; ar, دار فور, Dār Fūr, lit=Realm of the Fur) is a region of western Sudan. ''Dār'' is an Arabic word meaning "home f – the region was named Dardaju ( ar, دار داجو, Dār Dājū, links=no) while ruled by the Daju, ...

. Norway's

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discourages people from travelling to

because of the ongoing civil unrest. Norway is a donor of

humanitarian aid Humanitarian aid is material and logistic assistance to people who need help. It is usually short-term help until the long-term help by the government and other institutions replaces it. Among the people in need are the homeless, refugees, and ...

to Sudan. Norway played a key role in the negotiations for the

Comprehensive Peace Agreement The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA, ar, اتفاقية السلام الشامل, Ittifāqiyyah al-salām al-šāmil), also known as the Naivasha Agreement, was an accord signed on January 9, 2005, by the Sudan People's Liberation Moveme ...

between Northern Sudan and Southern Sudan to end the Second Sudanese Civil War.

History

In 2005, Norway helped broker the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and hosted a

conference to raise international money for the Sudan. In 2006 Norway was one of the few European nations that contributed to the United Nations peacekeeping force during the War in Darfur. 170 specialist troops were sent. In 2007 Erik Solheim, the Norwegian

Minister for International Cooperation The minister of international development () is a minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet. The minister has responsibility for the international development portfolio and is one of the three ministers (along with the minister of foreign a ...

visited the Sudan and met with

Salva Kiir Mayardit Salva Kiir Mayardit (born 13 September 1951), also known as Salva Kiir, is a South Sudanese politician who has been the President of South Sudan since its independence on 9 July 2011. Prior to independence, he was the President of the Governmen ...

. At a joint press conference it was announced that Norway would provide

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100 million a year for development. In 2008 Norway said it would provide

490 million in

for the period of 2008 through 2011. The announcement was made during a three-day donor conference hosted by Norway. The total amount raised at the meeting was

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4.8 billion. At the meeting Sudanese Vice President

Ali Osman Taha Ali Osman Mohammed Taha ( ar, علي عثمان محمد طه, also transliterated "Othman" or "Uthman") is a Sudanese politician who was First Vice President of Sudan from July 2011 to December 2013. Previously he was Minister of Foreign Affair ...

called for increased support.

Hilde Frafjord Johnson Hilde Frafjord Johnson (born 29 August 1963 in Arusha, Tanganyika) is a Norwegian politician from the Christian Democratic Party. She is a former Minister of International Development of Norway, and member of the Norwegian Government. She most ...

, the former Norwegian aid minister who help broker the 2005

peace accord A peace treaty is an treaty, agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties. It is different from an armistice, which is an agreement to stop hostilities; a ...

, said the peace effort suffered two setbacks: the death of John Garang in the 2005 plane crash, and the continued fighting

References

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Bilateral relations of Sudan

History

See also

References