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In the Philippines a decades-long conflict nears its endgame

Muslims with soldiers in Zamboanga, Philippines

2024-05-23  1193  困难

The guerrilla war between Muslim separatists and the Philippine government is one of Asia’s most protracted conflicts. Its resolution is entering a final, fraught phase. In 2014 the Philippine government signed a peace agreement with Mr Ebrahim’s Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), then the main rebel group, ending fighting that had killed at least 120,000 people since 1970. The accord mandated the creation of the BARMM as an autonomous region of the Philippines. Its first parliamentary elections are due in 2025.

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