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Latest on Rio+20

We track the news on science, technology and the Rio+20 Earth Summit

Rights-based agenda

A women's rights focus in health policy and research needs to be revived, argues Priya Shetty

From GM crops to forestry

Learn more about the challenges of feeding our growing population versus caring for our planet
A mother and a child in Africa - Flickr/Mishimoto

The business of health

Business leaders have much to contribute to meeting the health MDGs in developing countries, a new alliance says
Community-based fisheries, Bangladesh - Flickr/Water and Food

Research all the way

Farming projects need access to research all the way along the innovation trajectory
Well drilling in South Sudan - Flickr/Water for South Sudan

Under the surface

More tech and collaboration is needed before Africa's huge groundwater resources can quench its thirst
A mobile phone - Flickr/kiwanja

African innovation

Two North Africans have scooped the first African Innovation Prize awards

Liberian president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - Flickr/aktivioslo

MDG future

The leaders of Indonesia, Liberia and the United Kingdom will co-chair a UN panel on post-MDG development

Regional science portals

Other websites containing information about science and technology in Sub-Saharan Africa