Colombia, rebels agree on new peace deal

Colombia's government and Marxist guerillas have agreed on a new peace deal to end their 52-year war.

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Members of the FARC patrol in the remote mountains of Colombia. Source: AP

Colombia's government and Marxist guerillas have agreed on a new peace deal to end their 52-year war, six weeks after the original one was narrowly rejected in a referendum for being too lenient on the rebels.

The government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), who have been negotiating a deal in Havana for four years, said on Saturday they had incorporated changes proposed by various sectors of society into the accord.

"We have reached a new final accord to end the armed conflict that integrates changes, precisions and proposals suggested by the most diverse sectors of society," both sides said in a statement.


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