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Mediterranean initiative to boost science -based investment launched

43 leaders of the European Union, North Africa and Middle East countries have launched a new Union for the Mediterranean and issued Paris declaration aimed at boosting knowledge-based economic cooperation.

Palestine to get Arab Centre of Excellence in Mathematics and Physics

Palestine will have a regional Centre of Excellence in Mathematics and Physics (CEMP) in abid to serve as a focal point for research, programme development, training and knowledge sharing for Palestinian universities in particular and Arab universities in general

UAE academy to tackle regional water shortages

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has launched an Arab Water Academy (AWA) to tackle water shortages in the region that will increase as a result of climate change.

Save and cheap drug for treating Hepatitis C patients

Scientists found that the cheap and safe anti-clotting drug warfarin could treat Liver damage in Hepatitis C patients, according to results in the trial in mice.

Anti-Counterfeiting Initiative Aimed At Protecting African Medical Industries

West African people should establish a medical anti-counterfeiting task force to promote local herbal medicines by protecting indigenous knowledge and genetic property and establishing benefit-sharing systems in addition to tackling the spread of cheap, fake medicines that are causing an unnecessary loss of life, according to the communiqué from a recent meeting.

New Southern/East African Copyright Network Targets Protection, Local Innovation

Seventeen African ministers of arts and culture have officially launched the newly formed Southern and Eastern Africa Copyright Network in a bid to strengthen regional collaboration and cooperation in the field of creative industries, copyright and related rights.