Bogotá, Colombia: Colombia's government has agreed to a six-month ceasefire with the five largest armed groups still active after a 2016 peace pact failed to bring an end to violence in the conflict-riddled country.

President Gustavo Petro, Colombia's first-ever leftist president, who has said he wants "total peace" in the country, announced the truce on Twitter.

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