Colombia’s coca growers fear new peace accord
27 October 2016 Conflict
In the wake of the shock referendum result earl...
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Why do peace deals fall at the final hurdle?
26 October 2016 Conflict
In the lead-up to the Colombian peace referendum on 2 October, Colombian president and ...
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What next for Colombia?
5 October 2016 Conflict
Days after Colombia voted ‘no’ to the terms of a peace deal between the government and the FARC rebel group, the country is still struggling to com...
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Could Colombia's faltering reintegration programme doom the peace process?
9 August 2016 Conflict
“They say crime doesn’t pay, but it really does in this country,” says Humberto Aguirre, a frustrated former fighter from the Bloque Centauros, one...
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What Colombia’s peace process can teach the world
20 July 2016 Conflict
In the midst of bloody, drawn-out wars like those raging in Syria and South Sudan, it can be hard to envisage a peaceful outcome...
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Border closures strand migrants in Colombia
27 May 2016 Migration
Alejandro Labarte, a 32-year-old X-ray operator from Cuba, has been stuck for the last 20 days in a warehouse in Turbo, a chaotic port in northern ...
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Zika virus takes hold in Colombia
1 February 2016 Water and Sanitation
With more than 20,000 confirmed cases of infection with the Zika virus, Colombia is now the second most affected country after Brazil...
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Southern Africa's food crisis - from bad to worse
4 December 2015 Food
Close to 29 million people in southern Africa are already facing food shortages as a result of this season’s poor harvest, but worse could be on th...
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Venezuela crackdown forces out Colombian migrants
3 September 2015 Human Rights
Blanca María Riobó, 60, is sitting on the side of a dusty road on the outskirts of Villa del Rosario near Colombia’s border with Venezuela...
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Mapped - the world's conflicts
30 July 2015 Migration
The news is dominated by wars and unrest in places like Syria, Iraq and Ukraine, but there are dozens of other conflicts around the globe just as d...
