Ghana has moved from 100 percent hydro capacity to a mix that is currently dominated by thermal sources of 63 percent, Mr. Abdul Noor Wahab, Manager Generations and Systems Planning, Volta River Authority (VRA), has stated. He said Ghana’s generation at the end of 2021 was dominated by natural gas followed by hydro, liquid fuel, and others, adding that the country’s major cost driver remained natural gas. Speaking on the topic: “Ghana’s Energy Generation Mix and the Future Outlook,”
Some traditional and religious leaders in the Upper East Region have called on the government to take steps to synchronise the country’s laws on the ages of consent to sex and marriage. That, they said, would help fight the menace of rising teenage pregnancy, child marriage and Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) currently impeding the growth and development of children, especially girls. They made the call at a forum organised in Bolgatanga by the Upper East Regional Department of Gender
Mrs Joana Adzoa Opare, Member, Governing Board, National Peace Council (NPC) has called for a re-look at Ghana’s arms acquisition, utilisation and monitoring regime to ensure peace and security is maintained in the country. She noted that there was the need to ensure small and light weapons did not fall into wrong hands, because such weapons falling into wrong hands could lead to violence, thereby disturbing the peace of the nation. She said reports from the National Commission on Small Arms
Six people have died and many injured after a six-storey building collapsed in Kiambu, central Kenya. Rescue efforts are under way and emergency workers have managed to pull a child from the rubble. Several others have also been rescued but “sadly, some are feared to have succumbed to their injuries”, Kiambu county Governor Kimani Wamatangi said. Building collapses in Kenya have in the past been blamed on poor structural design or sloppy construction. The cause of this collapse is
People in Russia’s Dagestan region have clashed with police in the latest protests against Moscow’s call-up of 300,000 military reservists. Over 100 people were arrested during protests in the regional capital Makhachkala, OVD-Info, an independent Russian human rights monitor said. It said it was concerned by reports of the province’s “very tough detentions”. Dagestan is a mainly Muslim region of Russia with a higher death toll than any other province in the war.
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