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VISIT OF THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO SUDAN
26th February 2025

VISIT OF THE SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO SUDAN

The evening courses section of Comboni Secondary School and the offices of Comboni College of Science and Technology (CCST) in Port Sudan were honoured with the visit of the Spanish Ambassador to Sudan, H.E. Isidro Gonzalez Afonso. It was his first visit to Sudan after being evacuated from Khartoum at the beginning of the war.
The ambassador was welcomed in Beja language by one of the teachers of the Secondary School. After that, the students of English, French and Spanish of the evening section of the school shared with him their progress in the respective language of study. The ambassador encouraged them to continue enlarging their cultural horizons and to become active protagonists of the reconstruction of the country.

The CCST team in Port Sudan shared with the Ambassador about the ongoing projects and programs with Spanish institutions. In this moment, the College is part of a Erasmus Ka107 exchange program with Universitat Politècnica de València UPV, a Erasmus Ka2-Capacity Building in Higher Education project, "Enhancing Higher Education e-learning structures and modules in conflict regions of East Africa (EAGLE)" also with UPV, the University of Nicosia, Ahfad University for Women, the Catholic University of South Sudan, St. Mary’s College of Juba, Tangaza University College of Nairobi and Eldoret University and a program of linguistic pairs con la Universitat Ramon Llull of Barcelona. One of the staff members is also benefitting from a scholarship with Universidad Internacional de La Rioja (UNIR) for a Master in Big Data and Visual Analytics. This university is also sharing its virtual library with College students and staff.