Colombia Says ex-FARC Reintegration Must Continue, Despite Setbacks

• The Colombian government said on Thursday that it was pressing ahead with the reintegration into society of demobilized FARC guerrillas and that they should not be dissuaded from continuing in the process by attacks on former rebels.
• The Andean country signed a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2016, ending the leftist rebel group’s part in an armed conflict that has left 260,000 dead and millions displaced.
• Bearing the same FARC acronym, the rebel group turned into a political party which opposes the government of President Ivan Duque and insists that implementation of the peace deal is advancing too slowly.

(Source: Reuters)