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Colombia's EMC guerrilla group claimed on August 30 to have captured a Colombian soldier of the French Foreign Legion, taken hostage on August 6 in Nariño department.
The UNCCD chief announced three winners of its World Restoration Flagships awards at a desertification conference in Mongolia, highlighting restoration efforts in Brazil, Saudi Arabia, and the Sahel as land degradation threatens billions.
The UN warned that the recent earthquake in Colombia could increase the risk of child recruitment by armed groups in Chocó and Valle del Cauca, where thousands of children remain out of school in conflict-affected areas.
Ecuador's former president Lenín Moreno was sentenced to five years in prison for taking bribes from Chinese firm Sinohydro to secure a hydroelectric dam contract. He will serve under house arrest and plans to appeal.
The US has reached an agreement with Venezuela's interim government to control over 65 billion barrels of oil reserves, a deal hailed by President Trump as historic but met with skepticism from analysts.
Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro posted photos appearing to show him in US detention, two days after a US-Venezuela oil deal.