TWAS-UNESCO programme brings Namibian scientist Nnenesi Kgabi to Jamaica to help the island nation develop an air-quality monitoring plan

The prestigious Elsevier Foundation Awards honour early career women scientists from the developing world. The deadline for 2015 award nominations is 17 October 2014.

Long-time TWAS Fellow and Council Member Adel E.T. El-Beltagy has been appointed Egypt's Minister of Agriculture and Land Reclamation

Writing for The Guardian online, TWAS Executive Director Romain Murenzi details the central role of science in shaping government policy – and how the world’s Least Developed Countries can build that strength.

It's important for young scientists work overseas, says the influential Brazilian physicist. And if possible, it's important that they return home to strengthen their nations and their people.

Science aid should reflect the evolution of new, more equitable relationships between developed and developing nations, says TWAS executive director Romain Murenzi

TWAS PhD fellowship allows Pakistani scientist to earn her doctorate in Brazil researching the use of waste products from oranges as a bioethanol source

Scientific equipment used to photograph stars at extreme wavelengths of light provided to developing world astronomers through TWAS Research Grant

Women have historically been underrepresented among members of The African Academy of Sciences. Executive director Berhanu Abegaz says fixing that is a priority – and the academy's female ranks are now showing growth

Researcher awarded TWAS-Celso Furtado Prize in Social Sciences for her contribution to research that influences government policies to alleviate poverty and improve education in poor rural areas in China