Sentence examples for demobilise from inspiring English sources

"This time it could be actually be true because it's time to withdraw, it's time to demobilise the soldiers, it's time to step down," said Pavel Felgenhauer, a defence analyst and columnist at the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta.

"I don't think [the FARC] will demobilise".Ms Perea's doubts are widely shared.

So they now have little incentive to demobilise.

The government has refused a ceasefire because it wants the FARC to demobilise, rather than to use the talks as a breathing space, as in the past.

Tribal troubles aside, South Sudan also needs to demobilise thousands of soldiers, many of whom are without skills, but overly fond of extra-strength beer.Still, there are causes for hope.

Those talks collapsed because the guerrillas never declared a ceasefire or agreed to demobilise.

Where Mr Uribe dedicated his eight years in office to "democratic security", to beating back left-wing guerrillas and demobilising right-wing paramilitaries, at his inauguration on August 7th Mr Santos promised "democratic prosperity".

Of the three illegal armies responsible for most of the violence, the right-wing paramilitaries have demobilised, and the guerrillas of the ELN talk of doing the same.

The 100,000 or so who had demobilised have had little success in finding jobs.

Previously, its leaders insisted they would never serve a day in jail; they now seem willing to spend time in so-called "concentration zones" while demobilising, which will count towards any jail sentences they ultimately receive.

Rafael Pardo, a Liberal senator who broke with the president over the law, says that he thinks the paramilitaries have demobilised their counter-insurgency apparatus and moved out of drugs to avoid extradition but are moving, unchecked, into other crime rackets.Double standardsMr Uribe's defenders argue that Colombia is doing something which no other country has managed.