Africa is without doubt the continent with the greatest scientific gap. But why should we be concerned? Why should we develop space projects with Africa when so many Africans need clean water? Why should we train African physicists and mathematicians

Vice-President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, Monday in Abuja urged African scientists to form synergies on the development of effective drugs for the treatment of diseases afflicting Africans.

A recently published study at the University of Arizona (in Geophysical Research Letters , August 26,2008), has delivered precious data on wetness in North Africa over a period of 500 years.

During a ceremony organized at the headquarters of the Ministry of higher education scientific research and technology, Mr Lazhar Bououni, paid tribute to the Tunisian scientist Mr Mohamed Laoucet Ayari, scientific advisor at the American National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA),