July 9 (Reuters) – Colombia’s government has reached an agreement to begin peace talks with a faction of dissident Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels who rejected a 2016 peace agreement, according to a statement. A temporary ceasefire between the government and the dissident faction of the now-demobilized FARC, […]
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At least 10 armed groups in Colombia, including the Gulf Clan crime gang and dissident members of the Farc rebels who rejected a peace deal have agreed to participate in unilateral ceasefires, according to the government. President Gustavo Petro, who took office in August, has promised to seek “total peace” […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The Biden administration revoked the terrorist designation of Colombia’s former FARC guerrilla army on Tuesday, five years after the rebel group signed a peace deal with the government. However, it imposed the same designation on two splinter groups that are still fighting in remote pockets of […]
The US is expected to remove the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) from its international terrorist list, five years after the demobilised rebel group signed a peace deal with the Colombian government and formed a political party. The announcement is expected to bolster the struggling peace process, which has […]
(CNN) — The water is cold and shouting echoes across the river. As the boat approaches the rapids, a roar goes up to hold still, before a shout of “PADDLE” and the six rafters dig into the tumbling waters in an impressively synchronized display. As they are released by the […]
Audience members listen to Afghan parliamentarian Fawzia Koofi speak in 2014. Women’s access to politics increased greatly after the Taliban’s 2001 ouster. Sha Marai/AFP via Getty Images Three Afghan women who worked at a media company were gunned down in Jalalabad in early March. In January, unidentified gunmen killed two […]
The Guardian Colombia’s ex-guerrillas: isolated, abandoned and living in fear A tumbledown camp is home to many former Farc rebels four years after peace accords while hundreds more have been killed Former Farc guerrilla fighters ride in chivas – local transport vehicles – towards Bogotá in Medellín, Colombia, in October […]
The Conversation How women wage war – a short history of IS brides, Nazi guards and FARC insurgents The names of American-born Hoda Muthana and Brit Shamima Begum have appeared in countless headlines in the United States and Europe since these two female members of the Islamic State group were […]