In December 2016, the University of Khartoum in Sudan, East Africa, approved the promotion of Dr. Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour to the status of full Professor of Economics. Prior to this, she gained a PhD in Economics from Maastricht University in 2005 and remains an Affiliated Researcher at UNU-MERIT. With this promotion, Nour becomes the first female professor in the Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum since its establishment in 1958; the first female professor of ...