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  • I have never issued threats to Adam Bonaa’s family – EOCO boss

    I have never issued threats to Adam Bonaa’s family – EOCO boss

    The Executive Director of the Economic and Organized Crime Office (EOCO), COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah, has refuted allegations of threatening security analyst Dr. Adam Bonaa’s family.

    Dr. Bonaa claimed that EOCO contacted his wife, instructing her to convey a message to him to refrain from mentioning her name in his public statements.

    In an interview on Morning Starr with Naa Dedei Tettey on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, Dr. Bonaa expressed dismay over COP Tiwaa Addo-Danquah’s decision to involve his family rather than addressing him directly.

    “She actually called my wife to threaten my wife, children, and me. I thought that for someone of her caliber, who has been put in charge of a public office, to do that, I found that very appalling, and so I am going to make a formal complaint to the CID for her to be questioned,” Dr. Bonaa stated.

    He suggested that the alleged actions were prompted by a petition he filed with Parliament concerning the closure of investigations into Cecilia Dapaah’s case, referred by the Office of the Special Prosecutor.

    However, responding to the accusations, COP Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah clarified that her call to Dr. Bonaa’s wife was not a threat but aimed at addressing falsehoods circulating about her.

    The EOCO Director referenced a claim made by Dr. Bonaa on Oyerepa FM in Kumasi, alleging that she had influenced the Asantehene to lobby for the IGP post.

    She categorically denied this allegation, explaining that the senior police officers only contributed to the Heal KATH project.

    “I called the wife to plead to her conscience as a fellow woman because she wouldn’t be happy if, at the least opportunity Bonaa gets, he will lie about me.”

    “I told her that all that he has said doesn’t mean anything to me. But if he doesn’t stop, I will pray. If she doesn’t call her husband (Dr. Bonaa) to order, I will go on my knees, and I will pray to my God, and my God will listen, and she, the wife, might become an innocent victim. Because when I pray with an open heart and I tell God that this man is hurting me because he is lying about me, my God that I serve will listen to me,” COP Tiwaa explained.

    She further stated her willingness to appear before Parliament regarding the Cecilia Dapaah petition and challenged Dr. Bonaa to engage with her directly instead of resorting to media engagements.

    “I am always prepared and ready to face Parliament because it will be an opportunity to educate people like Bonaa on the mandate of EOCO. Stop running to the media and face me,” she challenged the security analyst.

  • COP15: Summit on ‘pact with nature’ enters final stages

    Delegates at a UN summit are debating a new draft agreement as there are only hours left to secure a global agreement to stop the destruction of nature.

    A compromise text has been proposed in a last-ditch effort to forge agreement among close to 200 nations.

    The UN summit on biodiversity in Montreal is viewed as a “last chance” to restart nature.

    The degree of ambition and the best way to finance the plans, however, have caused severe disagreements.

    One big sticking point has been over how to fund conservation efforts in the parts of the globe that harbour some of the world’s most outstanding biodiversity.

    Biodiversity refers to all the Earth’s living things and the way they are connected in a complex web of life that sustains the planet.

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    IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Biodiversity includes all living things, big and small, and the way they fit together in a web of life

    A new text of the agreement was released on Sunday by China, the official president of the summit, which is also known as COP 15. It had to be moved to Canadian soil due to Covid restrictions in China.

    The text has been passed to ministers who are expected to discuss the proposals behind closed doors. Environmental groups said these were nervous hours.

    “We cannot afford a roll back on ambition; addressing the biodiversity crisis cannot wait – nature will not wait,” said Dr Amy McDougall of BirdLife International.

    The document has strong language around ensuring the rights of indigenous peoples are protected and addresses the question of finance with proposals to boost the flow of international finance to developing countries.

    Cop 15 president, Montreal
    IMAGE SOURCE,IISD MIKE MUZURAKIS Image caption, On Saturday, ministers considered progress made on the proposals

    “It has a lot of really positive elements and if governments truly implement it nature will be better off by 2030 than it is now,” said Sue Lieberman of the Wildlife Conservation Society.

    However, there has been criticism over a lack of focus on oceans in the agreement being negotiated, with questions over how much of the world’s oceans are included in a target to protect 30% of the planet by 2030. And some have raised concerns about the strength of targets for reducing extinctions of plants and animals.

    Tony Juniper, head of the government’s advising body for nature in England, tweeted that the new plans were too weak, saying calls for ambition on finance must be matched by stronger ambition for nature recovery.

    On Saturday, ministers made impassioned speeches about the need to agree on clear goals to put nature on a path to recovery by the end of the decade.

    “Nature is our ship. We must ensure it stays afloat,” said EU Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevicius.

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    Colombia’s environment minister, Susana Muhamed, drew applause when she called for ambition in protecting the planet for the good of all. “Nature does not have boundaries,” she said.

    Countries have been meeting in Montreal, Canada, in what is billed a “last chance” to agree a plan that will halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity.

    Scientists have warned that with forests and grasslands being lost at unprecedented rates and oceans under pressure from pollution, humans are pushing the Earth beyond safe limits.

    This includes increasing the risk of diseases, like SARs CoV-2, Ebola and HIV, spilling over from wild animals into human populations.

    A key sticking point has been finance. In echoes of the climate summit, COP 27, in Egypt, some countries have been calling for a new fund to be set up to help preserve biodiversity, but this was rejected by others.

    The draft biodiversity framework includes four broad goals around protecting nature and sharing its benefits.

    It also includes 22 targets ranging from the sustainable use and management of wildlife to the restoration of destroyed habitats and using fewer plastics and pesticides.

    Source: BBC.com