Colombia says 10 armed groups including Farc dissidents agree to ceasefire

Government says country moving ahead' with ceasefire as new leftist president Gustavo Petro promises total peace'

At least 10 armed groups in Colombia, including the Gulf Clan crime gang and dissident members of the Farc rebels who rejected a peace deal have agreed to participate in unilateral ceasefires, according to the government.

President Gustavo Petro, who took office in August, has promised to seek total peace" with armed groups, fully implementing a 2016 peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) and meeting with dissidents and gangs.