Message from the Ambassador

On behalf of all of my colleagues at the Embassy of Canada in Khartoum, I would like to welcome you to our website.  I am honored to be representing Canada in Sudan and Eritrea, countries rich in culture and traditions that have a lot to offer to visitors.

I hope our website will prove useful in providing information on Canada’s relations  with the three countries and as a useful starting point in learning more about the services we offer.

I strongly encourage Canadians resident, working or visiting any of our countries of accreditation to take a moment to register online using the Registration of Canadians Abroad (ROCA) webpage, or by coming to our Embassy, or our consulate in Eritrea so we can have your coordinates should we need to contact you in the case of an emergency.

I look forward to working with Canadians and citizens from Sudan and Eritrea alike to further our bilateral relationship.

Warm regards,

Adrian Norfolk
Head of Mission 

Biography

Adrian Norfolk (BA [Geography], University of Victoria, 1977; BEd [Geography and Economics], University of London, U.K., 1978) joined External Affairs and International Trade Canada as a Foreign Service officer in 1994 after a 14-year career with the World University Service of Canada (including postings in Nigeria, Malawi and Sri Lanka). In Ottawa, he served as deputy director with the Human Rights Division, director of the Policy and Advocacy Division of the Afghanistan Task Force, special adviser with the Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force, and coordinator of the Interdepartmental Task Force on International Critical Incidents. Abroad, Mr. Norfolk served as third, then second secretary at the Canadian mission in Malaysia (1995-98) and as counsellor (political) in both India (2004-08) and Afghanistan (2008-09). In 2011-12 Mr. Norfolk established and headed the Office of the Embassy of Canada in South Sudan, and in 2015-18 he was Ambassador of Canada to Qatar. He is married to Ruth Norfolk and they have three grown-up sons.