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

High speed Internet has been introduced in Egyptian universities, but many researchers are still unaware of how to best make use of it.

Tunisia has launched a mission to work with developing countries by agreeing to cooperate with India in biotechnology and medicine.

Ahead of the G8 summit, science academies have called on global leaders to link with researchers to tackle environmental issues.

World governments have launched an 'IPCC' for biodiversity, which will assess ecosystems and natural resources.

Newspaper reports say scientists are struggling due to a national S&T system that isn’t working effectively.

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.

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

Scientists have issued the first 'State of the Planet' declaration calling for change within and outside the science community to avoid environmental collapse.

A leading sociologist has said that old science-policy structures should be abandoned to reflect the new era in international relations.

A call for prospective lecturers and students has been issued by Algeria, host to the northern node of the Pan African University.

Rapidly growing cities in Asia could benefit from a toolkit of indicators that assesses their readiness to face climate change impacts.

Man-made environmental change is rising dangerously, but some social indicators such as population growth are improving, a conference hears.

A new European–African wind energy association has been launched in principle at a conference in Morocco.

Researchers are putting together a plan at the Planet Under Pressure meeting to find sustainable solutions to Earth's problems.

Scientists learn today whether efforts to have more attention paid to science and technology at the Rio+20 Summit in June have paid off.