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At least 35,178 people have suffered sexual, gender, and reproductive violence in Colombia's armed conflict, the Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal said on Wednesday as it opened an investigation. Women, girls, and people with diverse sexual orientations, identities, and expressions of...

Colombia’s government and one of the nation’s last remaining rebel groups announced Tuesday that they will start peace talks next month and enter a 10-month ceasefire that is expected to decrease violence against civilians. The agreement between the Colombian government and the rebel group known as...

Nearly 1,400 indigenous people from the Awá El Sande reservation—in the Colombian municipalities of Samaniego and Santacruz (Nariño)—have been displaced due to fighting between FARC dissidents, and the Frente Comuneros del Sur, of the National Liberation Army (ELN). The situation was highlighted by...

A six-month ceasefire between the Colombian government and the country’s largest remaining armed rebel group has entered into force, in the largest victory for President Gustavo Petro in his push to end decades of armed conflict. The ceasefire, set to run until February, is the product of ongoing...

Colombia's government and the country's last active rebel group have agreed a truce—their latest step towards peace after almost 60 years of conflict. The National Liberation Army (ELN) said it would stop fighting from Thursday, ahead of a full ceasefire in August. Colombia's defense minister...

Colombia’s government and its largest remaining guerrilla group have agreed to a six-month ceasefire at talks in Cuba, in the latest attempt to resolve a conflict dating back to the 1960s. The government and the National Liberation Army, or ELN, announced the accord at a ceremony in Havana on Friday...

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has suspended a ceasefire with a dissident FARC rebel group in the four regions where it is most active. The suspension was triggered by the killing of four indigenous teenagers by the left-wing rebel group EMC-FARC. It comes just two months after Mr. Petro put on...

A former strongman has wrapped up testimony before Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) tribunal this week, offering a harrowing look into paramilitary assassination programs orchestrated during the country’s decades-long internal conflict. Salvatore Mancuso, who used the nom de guerre...

Colombian rebel leader Pablo Beltran said on Monday that peace talks between his National Liberation Army (ELN) and the government have been put “on pause” due to remarks made last week by President Gustavo Petro. Petro questioned whether members of the rebel group’s delegation in Cuba could...

An armed faction of Colombia’s disbanded Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebels has said they are ready to engage in peace talks with the government next month in what could mark a turning point for leftist President Gustavo Petro’s quest for “total peace.” Petro, a former member of...