Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)) are Colombia's largest rebel group. They were founded in 1964 as the armed wing of the Communist Party.
Their main founders were small farmers and land workers who had banded together to fight against the staggering levels of inequality in Colombia at the time. The Farc were founded at a time of brutal repression against any form of action considered subversive. Colombia has historically been a country which suffers from huge levels of inequality, where vast swathes of land are owned by a very small elite.
About 260,000 people were killed and more than six million internally displaced in Colombia during the war between the Colombian government and FARC rebel groups.
However, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the 52-year conflict with left-wing rebels. The Nobel committee praised him for a peace deal signed with FARC rebels, but rejected by Colombians in a vote. The award did not include FARC leader Rodrigo Londono, known as Timochenko, who also signed the accord.
The peace deal was rejected by 50.2% of voters who went to the polls on 2 October. Despite the rejection by voters, Mr Santos vowed to continue with talks with the rebels.
Relating this to what is happening in Nigeria. The government of the day is still battling to end the activities of insurgent groups like Boko-Haram, Biafra Agitators, Niger-Delta Militants, to mention but a few.
The questions on my lips are:
1. Do you see a Nigeria without Boko-Haram, Biafra Agitators, or Niger Delta militants?
2. Can the present government or future governments in Nigeria put to a total END of all the Rebel groups in Nigeria and unit everyone just as Colombian president did?
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it will be difficult in Nigeria.so many selfish people here
Johnson Ahile
thhat is if the agrieved groups corporate
Endy Edeson
@ahile: it takes good leadership for aggrived groups to reconcile
Young Agu Esteem
Endy,
mind you. Inasmuch as I don't support Biafra dosen't make them Rebel
group. Just that Biafra wants to stay on their own because of being
marginalized, simple.
Endy Edeson
ok. @young. noted. that's your opinion
Emmanuel Gilbert
Endy Edeson
Nigeria really doesn't have rebels, we just have leaders who talk
anyhow and instigate violence, imagine a president saying he will give
5% allocation to people who didn't vote him to power, is that not a
declaration to anarchy?
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