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• Africa: Making Space for Buddha in the Boardroom
  May 7, 2021
  [The Conversation Africa] It seems farfetched to imagine that an ancient meditation technique, practised by Buddhists over 2,000 years ago, could have a place in the 21st-century corporate boardroom.
• Africa: Four Ways to Make Sure Your Passwords Are Safe and Easy to Remember
  May 7, 2021
  [The Conversation Africa] For more than 15 years, there have been various predictions from tech leaders about the death of passwords. Bill Gates predicted it back in 2004 and […]
• Africa: Climate Change – How Bad Could the Future Be If We Do Nothing?
  May 7, 2021
  [The Conversation Africa] The climate crisis is no longer a looming threat – people are now living with the consequences of centuries of greenhouse gas emissions. But there is […]
• Africa: It's Possible to Build Stronger Systems to Deliver Oxygen – Here's What It Takes
  May 7, 2021
  [The Conversation Africa] COVID-19 is overwhelming hospital oxygen systems. COVID-19 pneumonia creates breathing difficulties leading to low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia). Unable to get enough oxygen to supply vital […]
• Africa: UK HIV Funding Tap Closes – Big and 'Shameful' Blow to Africa
  May 7, 2021
  [Daily Maverick] The UK's major funding cuts to UNAids will hit home hard in Africa and South Africa where the fight to beat HIV/Aids is far from over.
• Africa: Director-General's Opening Remarks At the WHO Council On the Economics of Health for All – 6 May 2021
  May 7, 2021
  [WHO] Professor Mazzucato, distinguished members of the panel, dear colleagues and friends,
• Africa: WHO Director-General's Opening Remarks At the Member State Information Session On Covid-19 – 6 May 2021
  May 7, 2021
  [WHO] Your Excellency Minister Harsh Vardan, Chair of the Executive Board,
• Africa: Continent Risks Resurgence of Novel Coronavirus, WHO Warns
  May 7, 2021
  [VOA] Geneva — African countries risk a new wave of coronavirus infections because of the slow rollout of life-saving vaccines and the circulation of new variants, the World Health […]
• Africa: Refugee and Migrant Deaths Growing in Central Mediterranean
  May 7, 2021
  [VOA] Geneva — U.N. agencies are reporting a sharp rise in deaths across the Central Mediterranean among refugees and migrants fleeing conflict, persecution and economic hardship in their home […]
• Africa: U.S. Move on Vaccine Patent Waiver: a "Game Changer" for the Global South? – Expert Views
  May 7, 2021
  [Thomson Reuters Foundation] Health experts from India and South Africa welcomed Biden's U-turn on COVID-19 vaccine patents and urged the World Trade Organisation to urgently hammer out a deal