[02:33.34]Hundreds of thousands of coffee and potato growers, dairy farmers and lorry drivers have been barricading major highways across the country.
[02:41.71]The protesters accused the government of President Juan Manuel Santos of failing to put in place concrete action to help the farming and agricultural sectors.
[02:50.39]The Interior Minister said that many of the demands were just but that violent protests would not bring about solutions.
[02:57.92]World News from the BBC
[03:00.04]Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of Goma in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo to protest against ongoing fighting between United Nations forces and M23 rebels.
[03:11.28]At least three people were killed when a residential neighborhood of the city was hit by shelling which the UN has blamed on the rebels.
[03:18.43]On Friday, UN troops launched an offensive against the M23.
[03:22.78]Gunmen have kidnapped a prominent human rights lawyer in southern Nigeria.
[03:28.50]Chief Mike Ozekhome was abducted on Friday in Edo state.
[03:32.76]He's been a staunch critic on government corruption in the country.
[03:36.10]Colleagues have appealed for his release.
[03:38.58]More than 2,500 US firefighters are battling to gain control of a fast moving wildfire on the edge of California's Yosemite National Park.
[03:48.63]Forestry and Fire Protection officials say mountainous terrain is hampering efforts to control the blaze which is burning largely on check to over an area of 50,000 hectares.