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and stopped from coming to the city two days earlier, the prosecution said enrique tarrio organised, orchestrated and took credit for what happened that day. the 39 year old was dressed head to toe in a prison issue orange jumpsuit as he listened to his lawyers urge thejudge for clemency. the state had asked for 33 years in jail, but as tarrio himself took the stand, he sounded contrite, he apologised for his actions and said he was embarrassed by what he had done. he also said he now believed donald trump had lost the 2020 election. nonetheless, the judge said he should be sentenced to 22 years in jail, and thus the most important and most senior member of the proud boys to take part in the riot of january the 6th will now serve the longest prison sentence yet handed down to orchestrators of what happened that day. more than 1,100 people who participated in or plotted the events of january 6th have been arrested and around 500 of them have been sentenced to prison or house a
An ambitious plan to rewild 2,000 southern white rhinos into secure protected areas in Africa over the next 10 years has officially begun, with 40 of these.
The 10th African Regional Dialogue on Financing Biodiversity, held from 3 to 5 April 2024 in Blantyre, Malawi, highlighted the urgent need to mobilise resources for biodiversity conservation in Africa. With an estimated need of nearly 950 billion dollars a year to restore and protect vital ecosystems, current funding for biodiversity remains largely insufficient, with only 121 billion dollars allocated annually.