Two Dutch Journalists Kidnapped
Two Dutch journalists have been abducted in Colombia in an area near the Venezuelan border. Derk Bolt and Eugenio Follender went missing at the weekend in Catatumbo, a region where several armed...
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Colombia’s Farc Hand Over A Further 30% of Weapons
Colombia's Farc rebel group has handed over a further 30% of its weapons to United Nations inspectors as part of the historic peace accord it signed last year. President Juan Manuel Santos said the...
Colombia Law Gives Former FARC Rebels Role In Politics
The peace deal with the FARC was the fruit of four years of negotiations in Cuba Colombia's congress has approved a law that ratifies provisions of a peace agreement that permits the country's...
Colombia’s ELN Rebels ‘kidnap Eight’ In Choco
The gunmen forced the hostages into a boat and took them deep into the jungle The Colombian government has accused the country's second-largest rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), of...
Kidnapping Mars UN Security Council Visit To Colombia
An employee of the United Nations has been kidnapped by a dissident rebel faction in southern Colombia, marring a visit by UN Security Council ambassadors to show support for the South American...
Vindictive NPP Still Chasing Charlotte Osei
A group affiliated to the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is vindictively opposing the decision by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, to shortlist for it awards this year, chairperson...
Soldier Killed By Renegade Rebels
Members of the left-wing Colombian Farc rebel group opposed to last year's historic peace agreement have killed a soldier in an attack in the south-east of the country, the army has said. It said...
Charlotte Osei Shortlisted For Chatham House Prize
Chairperson of Ghana’s Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei has been shortlisted for the prestigious Chatham House Prize for 2017. Awarded by the Royal Institute of International Affairs of the...
Charlotte Osei Nominated For 2017 Chatham House Prize
Ghana’s Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Chatham House Prize. According to the Director of Chatham House, Dr. Robin Niblett CMG, the...
Charlotte Osei Nominated For 2017 Chatham House Prize
Ghana’s Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Chatham House Prize. According to the Director of Chatham House, Dr. Robin Niblett CMG, the...
Farc Rebels Offer To Help Rebuild Town
Colombia's Farc rebel group has offered to help rebuild a town devastated by landslides that killed at least 254 people. But their involvement in efforts in Mocoa, in the country's south-west, has to...
Colombia Vice Prsident Vargas Resigns, Nominated Successor Is Ex-Police Chief
Colombian Vice President German Vargas Lleras resigned on Wednesday, a move widely expected to herald his push for the presidency next year even as he says he is undecided. President Juan Manuel...
Pope Hints At Possible Ordination of Married Men
Pope Francis has said he may consider ordaining married men – under very specific circumstances – to address the shortage of Catholic priests. He was speaking about the possibility of viri...
UN Drugs Board Criticises Killings In Philippines
The UN-linked International Narcotics Control Board on Thursday condemned the use of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, where President Rodrigo Duterte's much-criticised war on drugs has...
Mental Conflict Endures For Former Child Soldiers
Haunted by indelibly painful memories, deprived of schooling and strangers to their own families -- for former child soldiers returning to normal life is often as tough as being in combat. They face...
Colombia Families Flee Illegal Gangs As Farc Leaves
Families on Colombia's border with Venezuela have been displaced by illegal groups trying to fill the vacuum left by the departure of Farc rebels, the UN says. Officials said 96 families in the...
Facing The Trump Presidency – Will The Monroe Doctrine Finally Die?
Due to Donald Trump’s victory in the Presidential election this November North American foreign policy will experience radical changes. The new government creates hopes and fears. On the one hand,...
Trump’s Election And Its Impact On Europe
It is particularly difficult to foretell what the foreign policy of a US president-elect will be. We have plenty of examples of US presidents who – after coming into office – did not follow...
Colombian Government and Farc To Sign New Peace Deal
Colombia’s government says it will sign a new peace accord with Farc rebels on Thursday, after a previous deal was rejected in a referendum last month. The new revised agreement will be submitted...
Colombia, Farc Reach New Deal
Colombia's government and the FARC rebel group will sign a peace deal, according to a joint statement announced Tuesday by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in a televised address. The revised...