FARC
UN sacks staff in Colombia for dancing with FARC rebels
The United Nations said Thursday it has sacked four members of its monitoring mission for the Colombian peace process for dancing with FARC rebels at a New Year's Eve party.
Colombia approves amnesty for thousands of FARC rebels
Colombia's Congress on Wednesday passed a law granting amnesty to FARC rebels as part of the country's peace deal, a development the government hailed as "historic."
Colombia’s Santos accepts Nobel Peace Prize
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said an accord to end a 52-year civil war with Marxist rebels was a “ray of hope” for solving conflicts from Syria to South Sudan as he…
The Interview
Colombia peace deal will be ‘lasting’, FARC rebel leader tells FRANCE 24
FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono (also known as Timochenko) tells FRANCE 24 he is confident that a deal with the government to end decades of conflict will succeed. President…
Colombia's President Santos: Nobel Peace Prize 'a gift from God'
In an exclusive interview, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos tells FRANCE 24 how winning the Nobel Peace Prize helped him to resurrect a deal to end decades of bloody war…
Colombia's congress ratifies landmark FARC peace deal
After five decades of war, more than four years of negotiations and two signing ceremonies, Colombia's congress late Wednesday formally ratified a peace agreement allowing…
In The World Papers
The Guardian reports on 'escalating story of sex abuse in football'
IN THE INTERNATIONAL PAPERS - Friday, November 25: Colombian papers criticise the way the latest peace agreement was pushed through and fear it could divide the country.…
What's different about Colombia’s revised peace plan?
The Colombian government and FARC rebels on Thursday signed a revised version of a historic peace agreement. The guerrilla army has made several important concessions, but…
Colombia to sign new peace deal with FARC
Colombia's government and FARC guerrillas will sign a new peace accord Thursday, after a previous agreement to end their half-century-old war was defeated in a referendum, both…
Uribe postpones meeting over new Colombia peace accord
The future of the new peace accord between Colombia and the FARC rebel group remained uncertain on Thursday as leaders who successfully campaigned against the original text…
Focus
Video: Colombians more divided than ever on FARC peace process
In a referendum on October 2, Colombians narrowly rejected a peace deal signed between the government and FARC guerrillas, deeming it too lenient on the rebels. Despite this,…
Two FARC rebels killed in Colombia days after peace deal
Two suspected FARC fighters were killed in combat in northern Colombia on Wednesday, four days after the government announced a revised peace accord with the rebel group.