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African leaders urge UN to prioritise tree planting drive

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When Kenya's President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto led the country in a National Tree Planting exercise at Kiambicho Forest in Muranga County on May 10, 2024. [PCS]

Six African leaders on Friday called for the United Nations to prioritise a decade of planting trees to combat climate change, according to a declaration released at the end of a summit in the Republic of Congo.

The declaration said the leaders had urged "the adoption of a resolution by the 79th General Assembly of the United Nations to officially endorse" the plan ahead of the annual gathering in New York in September.

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