– Senate member since 1991 (for 28 years continuously).
– Member of the Graduate College, 2002-2018.
– Member of the committee for treatment of the academic staff’s employment cases, 2010 – 2016.
– Former member of maintaining retired senior academic staff on annual contract basis (2008-2009-2010).
– Chairman of the Council for the Development and Promotion of the National Languages (by Presidential decree), 2009-2017.
– Chairman of the National Council for Cultural Heritage and National Languages, since 2017.
– Member of National Council of Geographical Names (by ministerial decree), since 2005.
– Member of the Technical Committee for Naming Khartoum State’s Geographical Features (by State decree), since 2008.
– Member of the National Committee of Khartoum State Skeletal map (by State decree) (2009-2011).
– Member of the Cultural Committee, the National Committee of UNESCO for more than 10 years.
– Member of the General Secretariat of NEPAD (New Partnership for Africa’s Development) (by ministerial decree), 2012-2013.
– Member of the Advisory Committee of the new established ‘Africa Radio’, National Radio of Omdurman, since 2012.
– Member of the Governing Council of APRM (The African peer Review Mechanism) (by ministerial decree), up 2013.
– While at Bayero University Kano (1978-82), I was the secretary of the Fulfulde Language Board.
– President of the Sudanese-Nigerian Friendship Society for 4 years (1992-1996). Now I am the Vice-President of this society. In my former title, I was invited twice to Nigeria to attend the graduation ceremony of the Arabic teachers, graduated by the Inst. of Arabic Teachers Training, founded and funded by Shaikh Ibrahim El Tayeb. Last year I represented the society as member of the delegation which accompanied the Sultan of Maiurno to Nigeria.
– Member of the National Committee for Language Planning, headed by the Federal Minister of Education.
– Member of the National Committee for Naming the New States, formed by the Later Vice-President, El Zubair Mohamed Saleh.
– Member of the Consultative Council of the periodical Dirasat Ifriqiyya.
– Member of University committee for the foundation of Abdalla El Tayeb’s Institute of Arabic Language.
– Editor of the Periodical “Bulletin of Sudanese Studies” of the Institute of African and Asian Studies, Univ. of Khartoum (since 2002).
