Colombia

Colombia

Colombia's ELN rebels to begin ceasefire

The commander of Colombia's Marxist ELN rebels has ordered his fighters to lay down their arms this weekend.

30/09/2017

Colombia

Pope Francis holds mass for Colombia reconciliation

Pope Francis continued his tour of Colombia with a mass in the central city of Villavicencio, telling the crowd that peace without reconciliation would fail.

08/09/2017

Colombia

Pope Francis urges Colombia to stay on the path of peace

Pope Francis spent his first full day in Colombia urging President Juan Manuel Santos and other political leaders to avoid vengeance following the country's decades-long civil war.

07/09/2017

Colombia

Pope Francis treads political minefield on Colombian visit

With Colombia divided over the FARC peace process Pope Francis walks a fine line with his message of reconciliation.

07/09/2017

Colombia

Thousands greet Pope Francis in Colombia

Pope Francis spoke to crowds gathered in Bogota in support of the peace deal brokered after over half a century of guerilla warfare

07/09/2017

Colombia

Pope arrives in Colombia

Pope Francis is given a warm welcome by Colombia - the first visit to the country for 31 years

07/09/2017

Colombia

Pope Francis flies to Colombia as the nation savours prospects for a peaceful future

With the FARC's 50-year guerilla war seemingly at an end, Pope Francis visits Colombia.

06/09/2017

Colombia

Colombia's ELN rebels admit hostage killed in April

Colombia's ELN rebel group has admitted a Russian-Armenian citizen it held hostage for six months was killed in April.

03/09/2017

Colombia

Colombia's former rebels put on Bogota concert

Colombia's former FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono marked the evolution of his rebel army into a political party at a concert put on for thousands of supporters in the capital Bogota.

02/09/2017

Colombia

FARC rebels look to political future

Colombia's FARC rebels are now a political party. But the country's peace process is ongoing with hundreds of former Farc rebels still awaiting trial.

02/09/2017

Colombia

Colombia's disarmed FARC rebels form political party

02/09/2017

Colombia

FARC unveil new political party

Colombia's FARCrebels unveil new political party but acknowledge the system may be against them in coming elections

27/08/2017

Colombia

Colombia's FARC completes disarmament

​Colombia's FARC rebels have handed in more than 8,000 weapons as part of a UN-supervised disarmament process that concluded Tuesday

16/08/2017

Colombia

Peace is possible in Venezuela says Pence

14/08/2017

Living

Inside the mind of Daniel Aristizabal

Daniel Aristizabal aka @darias88 is a talented graphic designer and art director based in Medellín, Colombia.

10/07/2017

Colombia

Colombia: Bogota 'vertical gardens' hint at greener future

A multi-storey building covered in plants is cited as an environmental model for the Colombian capital.

09/07/2017

Colombia

FARC leader 'Timochenko' suffers stroke

FARC leader 'Timochenko' taken to hospital after suffering stroke. The 59-year-old expected to be able to leave within 48-hours

03/07/2017

Colombia

'Goodbye weapons, goodbye war, welcome peace' Colombia celebrates

27/06/2017

World

President Santos of Colombia: you have to draw a line between peace and justice

Nobel Peace Prizewinner, President Juan Manuel Santos, talks to Isabelle Kumar about why bringing peace does not always bring popularity at the polls.

27/06/2017

Colombia

Colombia ceremony to mark end of FARC disarmament expected at 18h CET

The UN has confirmed that the majority of weapons have been handed over

27/06/2017

Colombia

Celebrations in Colombia as FARC disarmament completed

27/06/2017

Colombia

Panic on board a sinking ferry in Colombia

Motorboats rush to the rescue as a packed Colombia tourist ferry sinks

26/06/2017

Colombia

Dutch journalists freed by Colombian rebels

24/06/2017

Colombia

FARC has now 'decommissioned its weapons', Colombia's president tells Euronews

23/06/2017

Colombia

Colombian wealthy shoppers targeted in bomb attack

A young French aid worker is among the dead, according to Bogota authorities

18/06/2017

Colombia

Colombia's rebels hand in more arms

14/06/2017