Counting the cost 2020: A year of climate breakdown (December 2020)
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Report identifies ten extreme events, influenced by climate change, that each caused $1.5 billion damage or more.
Storm Ciara which struck UK and Europe in February cost $2.7 billion and killed 14 people.
Floods, windstorms, tropical cyclones and fires killed thousands of people across the globe.
A new report by Christian Aid,
Ten of those events cost $1.5 billion or more, with nine of them causing damage worth at least $5 billion. Most of these estimates are based only on insured losses, meaning the true financial costs are likely to be higher.
Among them is Storm Ciara which struck the UK, Ireland and other European countries in February costing $2.7 billion and killing 14. The UK s Environment Agency issued 251 flood warnings.
Conspiracy, Hypocrisy & Battle for Supremacy cause for Hajia Humu Awudu s Defeat
By Tahiru Lukman Listen to article
The 2020 presidential and parliamentary election will go down in history as the election that presented a unique test to Ghana s democratic credentials. The outcome of election 2020, most especially the Parliamentary elections in the Upper West Region is not surprising as many including my outfit have predicted the NPP can only win three seats. There was a general disconnect with party structure; internal rankling, and unfulfilled promises.
Nonetheless, the Wa central Parliamentary race appears to be very keenly and a lot of people had developed much interest. Largely because of Hon. Hajia Humu Awudu has rejuvenated the political atmosphere and had schooled our sleep watching MP (Hon. Alhaji Rashid Pelpuo PhD) on the real responsibility of what an MP does.
Split Wa Central to South and North for Effective Governance: Youth Activist to Government, EC & Parliament
By Tahiru Lukman Listen to article
The Wa Central Constituency is the most populous among the 11 political units of the Upper West Region. While other municipalities have one or two constituencies under a Municipal and a Metropolitan Assembly, the case in the Upper West is unique. All constituencies are either a single District or a Municipality. While the debate and call may have a lot of political commentaries, the reality has been that Wa central has fit all criteria qualifying it to be split into Two. The Ghana Statistical Service reported that the population of Wa Central is 102,446 people. This exceeds the population requirement of creating a constituency. In terms of population; it is expected a constituency shall not have less than 95, 000 people a constituency is qualified to be divided.
Savelugu Electoral Violence: Zakaria Samira, 12 Killing, An Act of Shame
By Tahiru Lukman Listen to article
Ghana has earned high marks in the multi-party democracy, coming from the back of resisting colonial domination to a series of a military takeover. The 2020 election was a test for Ghana to consolidate our democratic credentials. What appears to be a peaceful election after a lot of queening voters did not go through stress to cast their votes the after was highly unfortunate.
From the misconducts of security professionals to poor quality electoral officers conducting this year s elections; tension was so high and reported cases of shooting incidence from both civilians and security personnel have resulted in the loss of six people with over Ten people battling for their lives.