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Colombia, Venezuela Launch COP27 Call To Save Amazon

From L to R: The presidents of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, Colombia's Gustavo Petro and Suriname's Chan Santokhi attend a Latin American event on the sidlelines of the COP27 climate conference
"We are determined to revitalise the Amazon rainforest... (in order) to offer humanity a significant victory in the battle against climate change," Petro said at the UN summit in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
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The resurgence of the M23 has cratered relations between the DRC and its smaller neighbour Rwanda

DR Congo Jets Bomb M23 Rebels In East

A mostly Congolese Tutsi group, the M23 first leapt to prominence in 2012, briefly capturing the main city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Goma, before being driven out.
A view of the devastation caused by a forest fire in an area of Brasilia's National Forest, in Brasilia

Countries Band Together To Keep Forest Promise

The first meeting of the Forest and Climate Leaders' Partnership, chaired by Ghana and the United States, takes place a year after more than 140 leaders promised at COP26 in Britain to end deforestation by the end of the decade.

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