Colombia, FARC rebels sign ceasefire agreement

June 24, 2016 00:44

Colombia's government and FARC rebels signed a ceasefire agreement Thursday that could end five decades of bloody conflict while negotiators work to reach a final peace deal.

The signing took place in Havana, where the two sides have been negotiating since November 2012 to end the civil war that has killed or displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

The agreement was signed by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Timoleon "Timochenko" Jimenez, top commander for the FARC, the Spanish acronym for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.

While a groundbreaking deal between the government and the FARC, the agreement does not include other guerrilla and paramilitary groups.

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