Some 290 people were forced to flee their village in the southwest of Colombia after alleged FARC guerrillas attacked the local police station, local media reported Monday. The presumed FARC guerrillas…
The United Nations has criticized Colombia’s efforts to curb displacement and help refugees. The country currently has more than 6.4 million displaced, the highest number in the world after Syria.
The United Nations launched a campaign in Colombia to raise awareness of child victims of forced displacement in shelters in Syria.
Over 700 indigenous people from the municipality of Bagado in the province of Choco have been forced to abandon their homes since March due to repeated outbreaks of violence between…
6.04 million citizens are internally displaced in Colombia — the second highest number in the world — according to a report published Wednesday.
Displaced indigenous and farming communities traveled to South Korea this week where they will train to promote economic development through solidarity work, said the United Nations on Thursday.
A Colombian land restitution activist was assassinated on Tuesday in the northern Cordoba department. Ever Antonio Cordero, a land restitution activist working with Fundacion Forjando Futuros in the municipality of…
Colombia’s Ombudsman has warned that fighting between armed groups is displacing hundreds of villagers in the western Choco department. “[My report] informed the competent authorities of the dynamics of the…
A paramilitary commander accused of hundreds of murders in northwest Colombia says he was supported by local politicians, police and the military, it was reported Monday. Fredy Rendon Herrera, alias…