Al Fashir University is a public university in

al-Fashir Al-Fashir or El Fasher () is the capital city of North Darfur, Sudan. It is a city in the Darfur region of southwestern Sudan, northeast of Nyala, Sudan. "Al-Fashir" (description) ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', 2007, webpage: A historical ...

, the capital city of

North Darfur North Darfur State ( Wilāyat Šamāl Dārfūr; ''Shamal Darfor'') is one of the wilayat or states of Sudan. It is one of the five states composing the Darfur region. It has an area of 296,420 km2 and an estimated population of approximat ...

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

Foundation

The university was created in 1990 by decree of President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir, and was officially opened in February 1991 in premises west of al-Fashir airport and South of the al-Fashir school.

Teaching

There were 11,671 students enrolled in 2011, with 199 faculty members and 243 staff and technical assistants. It is a member of the

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Research

Conflict analysis

In December 2004 a conference was held to discuss the effect of

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in causing conflict in Darfur. Faculty and students of the universities of

Zalingei Zalingei or Zalinjay () is a town in Sudan, Western Sudan, and it is capital of Central Darfur state. As of 2009, it had an estimated population of 27,258. The town experiencing security instability since 2003. This is because of the rebels and ar ...

, al-Fashir and

Nyala The lowland nyala or simply nyala (''Tragelaphus angasii'') is a spiral-horned artiodactyl antelope native to Southern Africa. The species is part of the family Bovidae and the genus '' Tragelaphus'' (formerly placed in the genus ''Nyala''). It ...

presented the findings of their research. They made recommendations that included closer cooperation between the UN and local universities, joint research projects and collaborative workshops.

Human Rights Knowledge Centre

On 28 October 2019, the Minister of Welfare and Social Development, Lena el-Sheikh Mahjoub, and the

Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations The deputy secretary-general of the United Nations is the deputy to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, secretary-general of the United Nations. The office was created to handle many of the administrative responsibilities of the secretar ...

, Amina J. Mohammed, opened the ''Human Rights Knowledge Centre'' at al-Fashir University, as a cooperative project between the university and the

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(UNDP). The new centre is affiliated with the university's Faculty of Sharia and Law.

Police repression

In October 2010 five students of the university loyal to the Sudan Liberation Movement led by

Minni Minawi Suliman Arcua Minnawi (; born 12 December 1968), also known as "Minni Minnawi" (), is a Sudanese politician and the leader of a faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army. A former educator, Minnawi served as secretary to Sudan Liberation Army lead ...

were arrested by police and were severely beaten before being released on bail. One of them was taken to the hospital for treatment of his injuries. In March 2011 two students were shot dead by police at the university, one from a range of less than one metre. They had been disobeying university authorities and participating in a political rally.

References

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