In Brief | 21/03/2016

Colombia: Children of War

In Colombia, there could soon be peace. But one problem remains: What should be done with all the fighters? Sabine Kurtenbach's contribution to Sueddeutsche Zeitung explains.

Indigenous guards present FARC rebels, who are accused of murder, to the media in Toribio, Cauca.
© Reuters / Stringer

After 50 years of war – which displaced more than six million people and killed at least 220,000 – the fighting between the government and the continent’s oldest guerilla group should soon come to an end; in Havana, both parties are negotiating a comprehensive peace agreement. Everyone involved agrees that this is an important step in ensuring that there are no further victims. But for Colombian society to be structurally capable of peace – that is, able to address conflicts through civil mechanisms – larger and more historical changes are necessary.

Read the entire text (German) at sueddeutsche.de.

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