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An African country is to host the World Conference of Science Journalists for the first time.

The leaders of open access schemes have claimed partial credit for the dramatic rise in developing world research output.

African science is unlikely to be prioritised at next month's G8 meeting but the fault also rests with African nations, say critics.

A new US$49 million initiative aims to strengthen health research capacity across Africa — and will put African researchers in charge.

A new treatment for sleeping sickness, researchers find a way to detect malaria in pregnant women, Africa develops its biotechnology agenda, and more.

Laborious treatments for river blindness could be simplified if a drug entering final stage clinical trials is effective.

A nomination by US president Barack Obama has the potential to strengthen his country's relations with the developing world.

A round-up of articles about resistance to the Tamiflu drug; the first swine flu vaccines and who is the most vulnerable.

Bangladeshi scientists have used climate modelling to show that global warming will halve rice yields over the next 60 years.

Aims to boost Africa's weather forecasting are taking advantage of its mobile phone infrastructure to mount weather stations on masts.

Despite a difficult financial climate in Pakistan, the government has increased funding for science by a quarter.

A new study says that Guatemalan women need free, informed access to contraceptive methods to avoid unsafe abortions.

Malawi's newly re-elected president has plans for science and technology, including a new commission to coordinate research.

Studies in maize show that benign strains of the fungus Aspergillus can outcompete toxic forms that contaminate African crops.

Despite national prevention programmes, a study has found that shared syringes are the most common mode of HIV transmission in Puerto Rico.

Poor countries may become more open to sharing seeds now that a fund to support their crop protection efforts has been agreed.

Biofuels from both food and non-food crops will be produced as a result of a research collaboration involving Brazil, Egypt and Sudan.

A study has found that women between the ages of 24 and 45 years old can benefit from a vaccine that protects against the virus responsible for cervical cancer.

A GM mosquito is being tested for dengue control, Nepal boosts scientist–farmer collaboration, a new source of biodiesel is found and more.

A simple HIV test could remove the obstacles to treating HIV-positive babies in their first year, say scientists.