Egypt has partnered with European nations to build a facility to test technology that can produce electricity and desalinate water.

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.

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

A project to combat misconceptions about vaccination in previously Taliban-held regions of Pakistan has received a US$10,000 award.

Egypt's presidential candidates have promised to boost the national science research budget to up to six per cent of GDP.

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.

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

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

Pakistani virologists have mapped the genetic structure of polioviruses along the violent Afghan-Pakistan border.

Abu Dhabi University is to host a major biotechnology incubator to take Arab discoveries through to the market.

The first online academic database for research from the Arab world is now open to subscribers.

Nigeria has announced plans for an independent science fund, hoping that its basis in the country's new S&T policy will give it staying power.

The transfer of knowledge from the laboratory to the market place will become a key focus of Egypt's science strategy.

A 13 per cent hike in Saudi Arabia's higher education budget, has reignited a debate about university rankings.

Pakistan's science academy hosted six scientists from its Indian counterpart this week, leading to pledges on joint research projects.

Asia now collectively invests slightly more than the United States in research and development, says a report.

The Egyptian revolution has led to a golden year for science with increased investment, ambitious plans and renewed public interest.

Pakistan should turn to agroforestry to stem its shrinking forest cover, say experts.

A technology centre in Jordan hopes to unlock the research potential of countries of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia.