Red Cross says people displaced by conflict in Colombia doubled last year
Key takeaways
- Annual report by ICRC finds worsening conditions for Colombian civilians amid continued fighting between armed groups.
- In an annual report released on Tuesday, the ICRC found that 2025 saw the “worst humanitarian consequences” in the last decade of the conflict.
- Since 1964, Colombia has been enmeshed in a multilateral conflict that has pitted criminal groups, left-wing rebels, right-wing and government forces against each other.
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Annual report by ICRC finds worsening conditions for Colombian civilians amid continued fighting between armed groups.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo. A community in Cajibio, Colombia, holds a funeral service for victims of a deadly attack that authorities blamed on a dissident faction of the former FARC rebel group on April 28 [Jair Coll/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and The Associated Press Published On 12 May 202612 May 2026The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has documented an uptick in displacement, disappearances and explosive injuries as a result of Colombia’s six-decade-long internal conflict.
In an annual report released on Tuesday, the ICRC found that 2025 saw the “worst humanitarian consequences” in the last decade of the conflict.