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…
Colombia has made 56 arrests in investigations into the killings of 133 community leaders and rights activists that have taken place since the beginning of 2016. Assassins of four leaders have been convicted,…
Colombia’s congress is debating a transitional justice system that is part of the peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels, but excruciatingly slow, possibly because last time such system was put it place, more…
The UN’s refugee agency voiced its concern over continued displacements across Colombia despite ongoing progress in the country’s peace process with Marxist FARC rebels. According to W Radio, the office of…
Colombia’s armed conflict is “far from over,” primarily because of increased far-right paramilitary activity following peace with Marxist FARC guerrillas, according to Amnesty International. The international watchdog group is the…
Colombia’s armed forces are too slow and too inefficient in moving into territory formerly controlled by FARC rebels, allowing dissident guerrillas, paramilitaries and drug trafficking groups to violently take over abandoned…
Colombia’s Constitutional Court found that there has been an increase in forced displacement in areas in the west of the country previously controlled by Marxist FARC guerrillas, local media reported. The…
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”…