South Africa and Australia will both host components of the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array.

The leaders of Indonesia, Liberia and the United Kingdom will co-chair a UN panel advising on development after the MDGs expire.

Ahead of its September opening, Egypt's high-profile science and technology city is mired in a dispute over who owns the site's buildings.

A project to help African countries achieve the MDGs is proving a success says a study, although experts question its methods.

Attacks on Nigeria's media and universities are damaging the country's prospects for development, according to researchers and reporters.

Countries can't rely on development to reduce population growth and must increase family planning and education access, a report says.

South-South collaboration is falling back, due to both political and financial crises.

Canada's International Development Research Centre is to close two of its six global offices following heavy budget cuts.

West African farmers have teamed up with Australian scientists to design a training programme for cotton producers in 14 African countries.

The ongoing conflict in Syria has led to dramatic cuts in science budgets and research, and a sharp rise in brain drain.

A game designed to help epidemiologists understand and process data generated by disease outbreaks has been trialled in South Africa.

Journalists in Ghana say they are keen to increase their coverage of science, but face a range of challenges, a survey finds.

Ministers attending an all-Africa science and technology forum have pledged to strengthen and increase ST&I research and funding.

Researchers at the Africa Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation discuss proposals for a "National Science Foundation" for Africa

Delegates at an all-Africa conference on science, technology and innovation say innovation and entrepreneurship should be taught in universities.

Despite decentralisation efforts, a study shows Mexico City still dominates the country’s science output and investment.

Burkina Faso has established a clinic to study improvements to pesticides and insecticides, and help researchers network with farmers.

Most people in Senegal believe media coverage of science and technology is inadequate and science journalists are untrained, a survey suggests.

Ecuador's plans to boost its knowledge economy by building a city that will host a science university and at least 15 R&D centres.

A fire has destroyed 35,000 laptops destined for Peru's One Laptop per Child programme, days after the release of a report on the country's scheme.