There have been “possible contacts” between the government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group, said former senator Piedad Cordoba on Friday. The controversial former politician who is banned…
The Colombian government and the ELN are in talks about the possibility of the country’s second largest rebel group joining peace talks with the FARC due in Norway this week,…
Former ELN leader Francisco Galan will head the “Center of Thought for Peace and Post-conflict” following the peace talks between the Colombian government and the country’s largest guerrilla group FARC. Gerardo…
Three Colombian soldiers have been wounded in an explosives attack by a group of ELN guerrilla rebels on Monday. According to newspaper El Espectador, authorities reported that army troops were…
Attacks reportedly carried out by Colombia’s largest rebel group FARC have dropped 70% in September compared to the month before, according to Colombia Reports’ conflict monitor. The steep drop in…
The legal basis for the government to negotiate with insurgents “is contradictory,” said Colombia’s second largest rebel group ELN in a statement published Monday. “This legal framework is clearly contradictory, it did…
The chairman of the peace committee of the House of Representatives has called for Colombia’s second largest guerrilla group ELN to join the peace talks between the FARC and the…
Colombia’s fiscal watchdog accused Ecopetrol of making risky investments in tax havens, reported local media Thursday. Ecopetrol, one of Colombia’s most prominent state-owned energy corporations, has reportedly been making risky…
Almost 13 million Colombian children are at risk of forced recruitment by illegal armed groups, according to a commission chaired by the country’s Vice President. The office of Vice President…