Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The West African Research Centre (WARC) has appealed to governments across Africa to encourage the emergence of a new crop of young scientists to complement the efforts of their old counterparts, and also to ensure that minimum standards are maintained in the laboratories of their research institutions. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- In view of the increasing interdependence of co untries on global issues, the Robert S. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Kenyan government has offered office facilities to t he Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Consortium B oard. Full text...

Sirte- Libya (PANA) -- The Libyan leader, Mouammar Kadhafi, on Tuesday in Sirte c alled for a scientific revolution in Arab universities, stressing the need to pr o mote scientific research in these institutions and begin the battle for science a nd technology so that Arabs can achieve progress and prosperity. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Council of Research of Mauritius is currently working on two major projects: the production of electricity from geothermal sources and the exploitation of se aweeds for commercial purposes. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The African Union Commission on Wednesday rewarde d five African women researchers for their excellent research works. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The chief education officer of Cheikh Anta Diop Universit y in Dakar, Senegal, Prof. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has challenged African scientists to carry out research on viable farming methodologies that could help mitigate the perennial food insecurity in the continent during prolonged dry spells. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- A visiting American scientist has challenged African leaders to allocate more resources to science, technology and research work, in addition to providing the enabling environment for African scientists in the Diaspora to contribute to the development of the sector in the continent. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is set to re-establish its centre, closed 21 years ago, in Nigeria, institute said in a statement made available to PANA here Monday. Full text...

Réduit- Mauritius (PANA) -- The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Mauritius, Pr ofessor Sudursun Jugessur, has said that Mauritius was lagging far behind in ter m s of research, development and innovation. Full text...

Port-Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- The University of Mauritius has announced plans to hold the second edition of its Research Week, aimed at presenting to the general public the latest works by its students and the various faculties, PANA reported. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is collaborating with the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) in the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, to establish a DBT-ICRISAT Platform for Translational Research on Transgenic Crops (PTTC) at ICRISAT's global headquarters at Patancheru, near Hyderabad in India, according to a statement from the Institute. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambique's Minister of Industry and Trade, Antonio Fernando, Monday recognised that difficulties still prevailed in processing the country's natural resources to add value to them and promote sustainable develop m ent. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The Permanent Secretary of Senegal's Accelerated Growth Strategy (AGS), Ibrahima Wade, announced here Tuesday that the government had pu t in place a support fund for scientific and technological competitiveness, in an effort to enable Senegalese researchers make known their inventions. Full text...

Bangui- Central African Republic(PANA) -- Researchers at the University of Bangui in the Central African Republic have presented four prototypes of renewable energy-operated foodstuff-drying devices. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Scientific research and development should be see n as a development priority for Africa, a senior UN official said here Tuesday a t a meeting of African scientists and policy-makers seeking to improve the contin e nt's participation in global research and development activities. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) – The Institute of Food Tech-nology (ITA, French acronym) of Senegal has won a prize worth US$100,000 offered by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB). Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The vice chancellor of the Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD) based here, Abdou Salam Sall, has called on sociologists to invest in research in social, political and economic problems facing their countries and continent. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambican President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday urged researchers to accelerate their work and contribute to the country's development in order to satisfy the Mozambican people's yearning to escape from poverty. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- A 32-year-old Congolese woman, Karine Ndjoko, has won the Alfred Vogel Prize for her thesis written at the Pharmacognosy and Phytochemical Institute (IP) at the Lausanne University, according to a Swiss newspaper. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Malian Lancine Sylla has been appointed head of the African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research (AFRA), an intergovernmental body to promote the development and application of nuclear science and technology in Africa. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Delegates at the fourth international conference on electric and electronic engineering have called for the promotion of scientific research and cooperation with universities, research centres and specialised institutions at the national, regional and global levels. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Researchers from Kenya's Agricultural Research Institute KARI) Saturday moved into the southern Kenya district of Kajiado bordering Tanzania to commence investigations into an invader weed which has been smothering pasture growth in most parts of the semi-arid district. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A local public university and the Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) have embarked on a four-year herbal medicine research project to make traditional medicine effective, safe and acceptable to many users. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- A team of Belgian researchers from Antwerp University is currently visiting Kinshasa to carry out studies on the DR Congo's medicinal plants and set certification standards for the drugs produced from the plants. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- When he addressed the Botswana Parliament in March last year on the question of Africa's "regeneration," President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa admitted that creating efficient and viable institutions to ensure peace, human rights, prosperity and social cohesion remains a big challenge to the continent. Full text...

-in March last year on the question of Africa's "re-generation," President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa admitted that creating efficient and viable institutions to ensure peace, human rights, prosperity and social cohesion remains a big challenge to the continent. ) Full text...

New York- US (PANA) -- The Ofappit Institute of Technology, New York, is to organise a workshop here next week on the "God Almighty's Grand Unified Theorem" (GAGUT), popularised by renowned Nigerian scientist Gabriel Oyibo. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Teachers and researchers at Benin's public and private universities have requested the government to devote at least one percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) to the country's research and development activities. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- The Ethiopian Agricultural Research Organisation (EARO) said Tuesday that research projects since the beginning of the current fiscal year number 1,529 with an outlay of 34. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Top-flight scientists from UNESCO are due here soon to lay the grounds for a national conference on scientific research billed for May, organising sources confirmed Monday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Amidst a hue and cry by Ghana's research institutions about neglect, President John Kufuor Monday pledged government's full support to initiatives by public and private sector organisations aimed at mobilising resources for research bodies. Full text...

Ouagadougou- Burkina Faso (PANA) -- Some 100 mathematicians from 30 European and African countries started Monday in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, a conference to set up an operations research company in Africa. Full text...

Saint-Denis- Reunion (PANA) -- Efforts are under way in Reunion to promote the island as a hub of international research in the Indian Ocean and southern Africa. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A group of African scientists have challenged African governments to allocate enough funds for research and capacity building in plant genetic resources or PGR in the continent. Full text...