Colombia’s Defense Minister claimed Tuesday that 117 members of not-demobilized urban militias of disarming guerrilla group FARC demobilized. The demobilized armed men said to be demobilized members of the FARC’s urban militia in…
Hundred days after they signed peace, Colombia’s government and FARC guerrillas met again over the weekend and promised to speed up the implementation of peace-building measures. The meetings began on…
The first dissident FARC group surrendered to authorities on Saturday, only three months after refusing to demobilize with Colombia’s largest guerrilla group, the military said. “Mojoso,” the first commander of the FARC’s dissident 14th…
Colombia’s peace deal with the FARC did not mean the end of the country’s almost 53-year-old armed conflict, but “a new phase of armed conflict” in the South American country,…
Communities living near demobilization camps for FARC guerrillas have claimed the chaotic demobilization and disarmament of the group proves the government is hardly committed to properly implement the peace deal. Both the FARC…
In spite of delays and mutual finger-pointing between the government and demobilizing FARC rebels over irregularities, the United Nations has collected more than 500 FARC weapons so far, the Colombian…
The first child soldiers this year were released by Colombia’s demobilizing Marxist FARC rebels, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC reported that “various boys and girls”…
The United Nations (UN) will not begin collecting weapons from Colombia’s demobilizing FARC rebels until next week . the international organization said Thursday. Major General Javier Perez Aquino, who coordinates the…
Colombia’s Prosecutor General’s office announced on Monday that it has granted amnesty to the first of thousands of FARC guerrillas taking part in a peace process in the south American country.…