Awad Haj Ali Ahmed[a] (born January 1954 in Portsudan, Sudan[1]) Is a Sudanese academic. He has been an educator, vice chancellor of Neelain University for more than ten years, and director of the Sudanese Central Bureau of Statistics. He was a member of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP), and a chairperson of the Eastern Caucus of the PAP.
Biography edit
He was awarded a PhD in computer science by Newcastle University in 1981.[2] Ahmed's main area of study and research is Computing Science, and his minor fields are Mathematics and Statistics.[3][4]
He was a professor of Computer Science.[5][6] He was the vice chancellor of Neelain University 1997-2005 and 2008-2010.[7][8] Ahmed is also a former director of the Sudanese Central Bureau of Statistics and he was the census controller of the 2008 Sudanese Census.[9] From 2012 to 2016, he was a member of the Pan African Parliament[6][10] and he was a chairperson of the Eastern Caucus of the Pan African Parliament.[11]
Ahmed's employment at Al-Neelain University was terminated in 2020 due to statements he made in the "Great Secrets of Brotherhood" documentary that appeared on the Al-Arabiya station. He talked about the need for security forces to kill peaceful demonstrators of the former head of state Omar al-Bashir's regime.[1][12] He has been identified as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.[1] Ahmed responded that his focus was on who was killing the peaceful demonstrators, and that the focus of security forces should be on protecting them from armed demonstrators.[13]
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- ^ His name is sometimes written Awad Haj Ali, Awad Hag Ali, or Awad Hag Ali Ahmed. His name on publications is often A.H.A. Ahmed and A. H. Ahmed.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Awad Hajj… Sudanese Brotherhood member faces charges of counterfeit". The Portal. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ Ahmed, Awad Hag Ali (1981). Collocation algorithms and error analysis for approximate solutions of ordinary differential equations (PhD thesis). Newcastle University.
- ^ Wright, K.; Ahmed, A. H. A.; Seleman, A. H. (1991). "Mesh Selection in Collocation for Boundary Value Problems". IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis. 11: 7–20. doi:10.1093/imanum/11.1.7.
- ^ Ahmed, A.H.; Wright, K. (1986). "Error estimation for collocation solution of linear ordinary differential equations". Computers & Mathematics with Applications. 12 (5–6): 1053–1059. doi:10.1016/0898-1221(86)90230-0.
- ^ "Faculties news: Chairman Samani Ahmed Abdul Muttalib". White Nile University.
Thesis professor: Awad Haj Ali Ahmed
- ^ a b Reforms, African Parliamentary Alliance for UN. "Welcome to The African Parliamentary Alliance for UN Reforms". African Parliamentary Alliance for UN Reforms. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
- ^ "Vice-Chancellor". www.neelain.edu.sd. Neelain University. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ^ "Second Western Asia Preparatory Conference" (PDF). United Nations. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-31. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
- ^ Reeves, Eric (29 June 2009). "Sudan Elections and Southern Self-Determination: At Growing Risk". Sudan Tribune. Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2009-09-05.
- ^ Reforms, African Parliamentary Alliance for UN. "Our Activities". African Parliamentary Alliance for UN Reforms. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ "Ethiopia implements, domesticates well AU legal instruments: House Speaker (Walta Information Centre)". HumanitarianResponse. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ^ "Sudanese university sacks professor for calling to killing protesters". Sudan Tribune. January 13, 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ Zyad, يقول Hassan Mirghani (2020-01-11). "القيادي الاسلامي بروفيسور (عوض حاج علي) يرد على تسجيلات قناة العربية" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-05-08.