The Library of the African Studies Centre Leiden has compiled a new web dossier on Water in Africa to coincide with the international conference, organized by the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) in collaboration with the Netherlands Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in Port Louis,Mauritius, 29-31 March 2012. Water and sanitation is also one of thefocal points of Dutch development cooperation policy in Africa http://www.ascleiden.nl/Library/Webdossiers/Water-In-Africa.aspx