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Colombia: Floods in Arauca department

19 June 2023

Colombia: Floods in Arauca department

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Since the end of March 2023, rainfall has increased in the department of Arauca. During the first days of May, the rains increased the flow of the Arauca, Caño Caranal, Cusay, and Jordán Rivers, causing them to overflow into the municipalities of Arauquita and Saravena. As at 5 June, the floods had affected more than 9,700 people. 

Natural hazards

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Colombia: GBV cases and response gaps

11 April 2023

Colombia: GBV cases and response gaps

DOCUMENT / PDF / 338 KB

This short thematic note identifies the barriers to reporting GBV cases and some response gaps in Colombia. The findings are intended to help create situational awareness and inform the local, national, and international programmatic decisionmaking of the responders dealing with GBV in Colombia.

Gender
Colombia: complexities in negotiating ‘total peace’

14 January 2023

Colombia: complexities in negotiating ‘total peace’

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This short note provides a general overview of the configuration of the four major armed groups engaged in dialogue and negotiations with the Colombian government. It aims to give a glimpse of the complexity of these structures and the different challenges facing the negotiation process. This note is meant to provide additional information and support the Colombia Risk Analysis Update.

Conflict and violence
Colombia: risk analysis update

14 January 2023

Colombia: risk analysis update

DOCUMENT / PDF / 3 MB

In 2022, the armed conflict in Colombia worsened and led to increased levels of violence that affected at least 12 departments, most notably in the Pacific region and along the borders with Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. In November 2021, ACAPS identified five risks to the humanitarian context in Colombia, published an overview report, and then produced an update in March 2022 looking at the second half of the year. This risk update is designed to be read in conjunction with the above mentioned reports. 

Conflict and violence
Colombia: protection concerns and community response

18 November 2022

Colombia: protection concerns and community response

DOCUMENT / PDF / 1 MB

This report provides an overview of the main protection concerns in Colombia. It exposes the main threats of armed conflict and its differentiated impact on the population. It presents by population group the community’s coping mechanisms and reactive responses to mitigate, adapt to, and recover from the various protection threats they are exposed to.

Protection
Panama-Colombia border: migration crisis

02 November 2022

Panama-Colombia border: migration crisis

DOCUMENT / PDF / 293 KB

Between January–September 2022, more than 150,000 people crossed into Panama from Colombia through the Darién Gap. Although migrants have historically used the Darién route to reach Central America, the flow of migrants through this route considerably increased between 2021–2022. 

Mixed migration
Colombia: Impact of floods in La Guajira

13 October 2022

Colombia: Impact of floods in La Guajira

DOCUMENT / PDF / 258 KB

On 8 October, category one hurricane Julia swept through La Guajira department in northeastern Colombia. The hurricane affected over 159,000 people. Uribia municipality faced the highest impact with at least 22,000 people affected as at 8 October. 

Natural hazards
Colombia: Nariño humanitarian overview and impact on specific groups

07 October 2022

Colombia: Nariño humanitarian overview and impact on specific groups

DOCUMENT / PDF / 6 MB

This report aims to provide an overview of the displacement and confinement situation and the differentiated impact on indigenous peoples and Afrodescendant communities observed between January–August 2022. It presents the main conflict dynamics in the subregions of Telembí, Sanquianga, and Pacífico del Sur in Nariño department.

Conflict and violence
Colombia: Antipersonnel mines

02 June 2022

Colombia: Antipersonnel mines

DOCUMENT / PDF / 756 KB

This report analyses events involving APMs and ERW in Colombia since the signing of the Peace Agreement with the FARC-EP in 2016 and their humanitarian impact. It also highlights the existing and growing risk of casualties from APMs and ERW

Conflict and violenceProtection
Colombia: Escalation of violence in Putumayo

31 March 2022

Colombia: Escalation of violence in Putumayo

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Putumayo, a department in southwest Colombia bordering Ecuador and Perú, is a strategic corridor for human trafficking, drug and arms trafficking, and resource extraction. Indigenous communities are especially at risk of confinement and limitations on their daily activities.

Conflict and violenceProtection
Colombia: Impact of the armed conflict on children and youth

31 March 2022

Colombia: Impact of the armed conflict on children and youth

DOCUMENT / PDF / 529 KB

This report analyses how armed conflict in Colombia has affected children and youth. It looks at specific trends and conflict dynamics in the most conflict-affected departments. It also provides an overview of the general impacts of conflict and specific impacts of displacement and confinement.

Conflict and violenceCoping mechanisms
Colombia: Update on the overview of risks from November 2021 to April 2022

09 March 2022

Colombia: Update on the overview of risks from November 2021 to April 2022

DOCUMENT / PDF / 694 KB

ACAPS identified five risks to the humanitarian context and published an overview report in November 2021 looking at the following six months. After monitoring each risk and its corresponding indicators and reviewing any relevant developments since November, ACAPS analysts and technical experts were able to update the risk outlook, creating the basis for this risk update.

Conflict and violence
Colombia: Confinements

21 February 2022

Colombia: Confinements

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This document analyses forced confinement in Colombia, identifying the types of confinement, trends in various departments, and the most affected populations. It also shows the impact of confinements on communities, including the sociocultural impact. It is based on a review of secondary sources. Interviews with key informants provided additional information. 

Conflict and violence
Colombia: Confinements

17 February 2022

Colombia: Confinements

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This document analyses forced confinement in Colombia, identifying the types of confinement, trends in various departments, and the most affected populations. It also shows the impact of confinements on communities, including the sociocultural impact.

Conflict and violenceProtection
Colombia: Violence in Arauca department

31 January 2022

Colombia: Violence in Arauca department

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On 2 January 2022, confrontations began in rural areas along Arauca River on the Colombia-Venezuela border. As at 24 January, the Colombian Government and humanitarian organisations recorded 36 people killed, around 1,530 IDPs, 21 families displaced from Venezuela, and at least five indigenous communities still affected by confinement.

Conflict and violence
Colombia: Regional needs analysis - Chocó

22 December 2021

Colombia: Regional needs analysis - Chocó

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The analysis in this report is based on a review of secondary sources, such as early warnings from the Ombudsman’s Office of Colombia (Defensoría del Pueblo), media reports, databases of Colombian government institutions in charge of monitoring the armed conflict, reports from think tanks, and key informant interviews (KIIs) with humanitarian workers in Chocó.

Conflict and violenceDisplacement
Colombia: Regional needs analysis - Meta & Guaviare

22 December 2021

Colombia: Regional needs analysis - Meta & Guaviare

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This report provides a comprehensive analysis of local dynamics, humanitarian needs and the factors likely to aggravate them, and an outlook for the coming months in the departments of Meta and Guaviare. The analysis is based on secondary data and key informant interviews.

Conflict and violence
Colombia: Floods in the department of La Guajira

19 November 2021

Colombia: Floods in the department of La Guajira

DOCUMENT / PDF / 263 KB

The department of La Guajira is located in the extreme north of Colombia. It has two rainy seasons during the year – one between April–May and the other between September–November. With a landscape of majorly clay loam soil, La Guajira is a department where increased rainfall frequently leads to flooding. 

Natural hazards
Colombia: Overview of risks from November 2021 to April 2022

17 November 2021

Colombia: Overview of risks from November 2021 to April 2022

DOCUMENT / PDF / 2 MB

This risk report seeks to inform humanitarian decision makers and facilitate response planning through an analysis of the following:

the possible evolution of the crisis dynamics in Colombia over the next six months; factors that may lead to changes in the humanitarian situation; and humanitarian needs that may arise if risks materialise.

Conflict and violence
Colombia: Nariño and the Telembí triangle

29 September 2021

Colombia: Nariño and the Telembí triangle

DOCUMENT / PDF / 7 MB

This report is based on a review of secondary sources and key informant interviews. Although the focus of the analysis is on the humanitarian situation in the Telembí triangle, it is contextualised in the general dynamics of the Nariño department. 

Conflict and violence