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

A group of Ugandan students have hooked up a smartphone to a traditional listening horn to monitor babies in the womb.

A study finds that some developing countries may face significant food security impacts by 2020 if their ambitious biofuels targets are met.

The decline of cocoa and palm oil production can be linked to pesticides that kill pollinators, researchers say.

A global alliance of health business leaders is harnessing its joint strengths to meet the health-related Millennium Development Goals.

Vietnam is seeking help from experts in Australia to reduce its levels of tuberculosis, one of the highest in Asia.

A scheme to improve rural Zambia's communication infrastructure is just one project on the Global Research Alliance's agenda.

Five more African countries have met the Maputo Declaration goal of investing ten per cent of their national budgets in agriculture.

Africa's newly revealed groundwater may not be easy to tap into because of political and technical challenges, experts warn.

A capacity-building project on climate change aims to improve food security in the mountains of East Africa.

The leaders of Indonesia, Liberia and the United Kingdom will co-chair a UN panel advising on development after the MDGs expire.

An Egyptian scientist' has been awarded a prestigious prize for designing an antenna that could facilitate mobile network upgrades.

A project to help African countries achieve the MDGs is proving a success says a study, although experts question its methods.

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

Research shows that data from national household surveys provide more accurate assessment of hunger in Mali.

A predictive tool could free up resources by reducing the need for specialised monitoring of how well anti-HIV drugs are working.

A ranking of countries' abilities to monitor forest loss reveals that many are unable to fulfil the terms of REDD+ and need outside support.

A global report on deaths among preterm babies says simple techniques could save many lives.

Young researchers in Côte-d'Ivoire are to benefit from new research funds targeting projects in sustainable development and poverty alleviation.

Researchers in Kenya are making first steps towards domestication of medicinal Prunus africana trees, to avoid the species' extinction.