News and events 15. Apr 2024 Norway to establish embassy in Senegal Norway will open an embassy in Dakar in the autumn of 2024. The mission will also be responsible for several other countries in West Africa. 14. Mar 2024 Political Theorist Achille Mbembe Named 2024 Holberg Prize Laureate (BERGEN, Norway) – Today, the Holberg Prize—one of the largest international prizes awarded annually to an outstanding researcher in the humanities, social sciences, law or theology—named Cameroonian scholar Achille Mbembe as its 2024 Laureate.