08 June 2010
In a country that was verging on collapse, researchers managed to keep digging – revealing secrets from one of the richest archaeological regions in the world.

12 May 2010
“NOMA is not only a cooperation initiative, it also gives us tremendous development prospects,” says Professor Mohammed Tamim of the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET).

30 April 2010
“To see this makes my heart happy,” says Emma Bello, as she discovers the new borehole in the Malawian village of Katchakhwala.

As Sudan prepares for its most historically important year since gaining independence in 1956, its traumatised population is in dire need of healing the wounds of war.

Norwegian and Ethiopian scientists are cooperating to make the most of barley harvests. The farmers participating in the project see noticeable improvements in their crops.

A NOMA-supported Master’s programme on conflict, peace building and development aims to bring stability to Nepal’s fragile democracy.

Maternal mortality remains alarmingly high in sub-Saharan Africa. The rebuilding of two new maternity wards in the Malawi capital of Lilongwe offers some hope for the future, but the obstacles in the path of progress seem insurmountable to the people on the floor.

Tanzania is implementing reforms in its health sector. Students of Health Policy and Management are doubtful whether the reforms are producing convincing results.
See also: Making a difference

Every three months Babalwa Cebisa and her daughter Loyiso travel to a clinic in Khayelitsha, a township whose jumble of shacks and small brick structures look out of place amid the general splendour of Cape Town in South Africa.

In Uganda traditional and Christian rituals may be the key to the reintegration of female child ex-soldiers.

The issue of higher education helped trigger Sri Lanka’s 25 year long civil war. Can it also help to bring peace to the war torn nation? Two NOMA-supported Master Degree Programmes aim to do just that.
See also: History of a bleeding nation

Can zinc cure pneumonia? With support from NUFU a team of Nepalese, Norwegian and Indian scientists is trying to find out whether zinc can help against one of the world’s biggest killers.

They were banned by colonial rulers and ignored by modern medicine. Today, scientists believe the traditional healers of Mali may hold the key to combating diseases such as bilharzia and malaria.

“Each project is a school of learning in itself. All kinds of people get training while working on a hydropower project.”

Researchers from Norway and Tanzania are working together to set up a water management system to improve conditions for people in the drought-stricken Pangani River basin.