The band Monoswezi, director of Zimbabwe College of Music + staff from the Norwegian Embassy. Photo: ZCM

Monoswezi

News and events // Last updated: 14/12/2011 //

Monoswezi came to Harare in November, they had a workshop and concert at the Zimbabwe College of Music, and a concert at the Mannenberg Jazzclub. Later they continued their tour to Mozambique and South Africa. The band has released the album Monoswezi; the cd has been critically acclaimed in Norway and abroad.

News and events // Last updated: 19/10/2011 //

Norwegian Red Cross Youth Delegates Ingvild Onstad Helle and Sigbjørn Solli Ljung are currently seconded to Zimbabwe Red Cross. They take part in a nine month youth exchange programme and work with youth in Mutare. At the same time two Zimbawean delegates have gone to Norway to work ten months with Red Cross in Bergen. Under follows their impressions after some months in Zimbabwe:

From left: Charges d'Affairs Tor Kubberud, the Ambassadors driver Christopher Mushirivindi, Ambassador Ingebjørg Støfring, First Secretary Tor Haug, Attaché Mona Budal

News and events // 23/03/2011 //

The 17th of March Ambassador Ingebjørg Støfring presented to His Excellency Robert Gabriel Mugabe, President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, the letters accrediting Her as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Norway to the Republic of Zimbabwe. The official seremony took place in the State House and the all the diplomats from Norway attended the ceremony.

Norway at Hifa

News and events // Last updated: 03/05/2010 //

Harare International Festival of the Arts is the most anticipated event on the Zimbabwean arts calender. HIFA is a six day annual festival and workshop programme that showcases local, regional and international arts in a programme of theatre,dance, music, circus, street performance and visual art. Among many great artists, Norway this year brought three shows to the festival.

News and events // Last updated: 22/06/2011 //

In commemorating the sixty years after governments around the world expressed their solidarity with refugees by signing the 1951 UN Refugee Convention Norway has joined a collaboration with the UNHCR for the organisation of the World Refugee Day. In connection with this day 1500 T-shirts will be printed, bearing the picture of Norwegian Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the very first UNHCR High Commissionar

News and events // Last updated: 29/06/2010 //

The Norwegian Embassy went on the 29th June 2010 on a field trip to SOS Children's Villages in Waterfalls in Harare. An ever-increasing number of children are orphaned or abandoned in Zimbabwe due to the HIV/AIDS crisis and the economic problems in the country.

Private friendship between Norwegians and Zimbabweans

News and events // 02/03/2007 //

There are many Norwegians and Zimbabweans that have met each others on different occations. Some of them have built up close friendships. Below you can read about some of them.

Monoswezi

Youth Exchange Programme

Presentantion of Credentials for the Norwegian Ambassador

Norway at Hifa

Commemorating the World Refugee day in the spirit of Dr. Fridtjof Nansen

SOS Children's Villages Waterfalls

Private friendship between Norwegians and Zimbabweans

The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Harare