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

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

A mountain country climate change meeting has heard calls for more interaction between climate and social science researchers.

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.

India's Supreme Court has approved a multi-billion dollar plan to divert water from more than 30 Indian rivers to dry regions, angering the country's neighbours.

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

Science ministers from India and Africa have agreed to strengthen ties on science, technology and innovation.

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

The physicist Marco Antonio Raupp will take up the position of science minister next Tuesday, replacing the career politician Aloizio Mercadante.

South Asian countries should drop political agendas in favour of collaboration in sustainable development research, experts say.

Developing country science academies are joining with the US to build science diplomacy.

Bill Gates urged developed, emerging and developing economies to form 'triangular' partnerships to push innovations.

William Colglazier will help scientific cooperation between the United States and other countries.

A collaboration with China has produced Pakistan's first genome map.

Scientists must abandon their "ivory towers" to help solve challenges such as climate change, the Pacific Science Congress has heard.

Romain Murenzi, a Rwandan physicist who has worked hard to link science and development, is the new executive director of TWAS.

China is stepping up science and technology cooperation with Latin America, as part of its drive to enhance relations with the continent.

Brazil’s president-elect has chosen the senator Aloizio Mercadante to replace the physicist Sergio Rezende in the Ministry of Science.

The third EU-Africa partnership summit, in Libya, is expected to give the go-ahead to a high-level science policy dialogue.