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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.

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

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.

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

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

Chemicals in lizard and pig odour could be used to create traps for a tsetse fly responsible for sleeping sickness, say scientists.

Researchers have found that keeping livestock as well as growing crops will reduce African farmers' vulnerability to climate change.

Small farmers across the developing world could benefit from a project to measure the amount of carbon locked in soils.

A new tuberculosis drug found using an old method of drug discovery is the first in 40 years to have proved successful in trials.

A report on African competitiveness has revealed Kenya, South Africa and Tunisia to be the continent's top innovators.

Southern African scientists are compiling the continent's scientific output in the hope of more global recognition.

Could a tea made from bitter oranges and the leaves of an African tree help curb diabetes?

African scientists have asked members of the G8+5 to help the continent stem brain drain and rebuild its university sector.

UK science societies are running small-scale collaborations with scientists in the developing world.

Laptops distributed under the "One Laptop per Child" scheme can be a distraction from the real business of education, researchers say.

Scientists have developed effective methods for identifying banana wilt, a disease that is destroying crops in East Africa.