Colombia: FARC vows to fight poverty in 2018 campaign

Rebels handed in their weapons, but must overcome the distrust of the public, which rejected the peace deal in a referendum and remains angry at FARC’s history of violence and kidnapping.

Former FARC rebels have started campaigning for upcoming elections in Colombia, with a promise to fight poverty.

This year’s parliamentary and presidential votes will mark their party’s election debut, after thousands of members handed in their weapons under a 2016 peace deal.

But the FARC party faces an uphill struggle to convince a sceptical public.

Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Bogota.