Colombia, FARC rebels to sign new peace deal today

A new peace accord between Colombia's government and Marxist FARC rebels will be signed today and sent to Congress for approval, bringing a formal end to the 52-year civil war ever closer, Columbia President Juan Manuel Santos said. 

The revised document will be signed in Bogota between FARC leader Rodrigo Londono and Santos. The government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have been in talks in Havana, Cuba for the last four years,



hammering out a deal to end a conflict that has killed more than 220,000 and displaced millions in the Andean country. 

The government published the revised peace deal last week in a bid to build support after the original draft was rejected in an October 2 referendum amid objections it was too favorable to the rebels.Santos and Londono signed the original deal two months ago before world leaders and United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.