Two Dutch journalists have been abducted in Colombia in an area near the Venezuelan border. Derk Bolt and Eugenio Follender went missing at the weekend in Catatumbo, a region where several armed groups operate, including the left-wing ELN. They were searching for the mother of a Colombian child adopted in the Netherlands a few years … Read more
Colombia’s Farc rebel group has handed over a further 30% of its weapons to United Nations inspectors as part of the historic peace accord it signed last year. President Juan Manuel Santos said the gesture showed that the agreement with the rebels was going ahead as planned. The Farc have now decommissioned 60% of their … Read more
The gunmen forced the hostages into a boat and took them deep into the jungle The Colombian government has accused the country’s second-largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), of kidnapping eight people in an isolated region. The gunmen forced the hostages into a boat and took them deep into the jungle in the … Read more
Colombia’s Farc rebel group has offered to help rebuild a town devastated by landslides that killed at least 254 people. But their involvement in efforts in Mocoa, in the country’s south-west, has to be approved by the government. Meanwhile, the search continues for residents who are still missing. More than 1,000 soldiers and police are … Read more
The Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed on Saturday a new peace agreement after days of negotiations in Havana, a possible lasting deal to end over 50 years of armed conflicts in the country. The joint statement read by the representatives of the guarantor countries, Cuba and Norway, announced that … Read more
The Colombian government and the Farc rebel group have announced a new peace agreement, six weeks after the original deal was rejected in a popular vote. The two sides, which have been holding talks in Cuba for four years, said the revised plan incorporated proposals from the opposition and others groups. The initial deal had … Read more
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has appointed a team of senior government officials to launch talks with the opposition on changes to a peace deal with the Farc rebel group. Mr Santos made the announcement after meeting with political party leaders. The peace deal was rejected by a narrow margin in a referendum on Sunday. … Read more
Voters in Colombia have rejected a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a shock referendum result, with 50.24% voting against it. The deal was signed last week by President Juan Manuel Santos and Farc leader Timoleon Jimenez after nearly four years of negotiations. But it needed to be ratified by Colombians in order to … Read more