Colombia FARC rebels complete disarmament: UN

Colombia's leftist FARC rebel force formally completed its disarmament process to end half a century of war against the state, the United Nations has said.

UN monitors "today stored away the entirety of the FARC's registered individual arms," except for some that were exempted for transitional security at demobilization camps, the body said yesterday in a statement.

The move carried out by Colombia's biggest rebel group under a 2016 peace accord brings Latin America's oldest civil conflict close to a complete end.