Will Filipino rebels disband?

4,965 views · Published 2 August 2018 · 3:24 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: The Newsmakers · 2018 · People & Blogs

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It's an independence movement that's killed more than 100,000 people in the Philippines. And President Rodrigo Duterte hopes he can end it by giving Muslims in Mindanao a new Autonomous Region. Self-rule means they'll get their own parliament and budget. And in return, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a rebel group known for kidnappings, attacks and criminality, has agreed to disband. But will this end the decades of conflict? Natalie Poyhonen reports.


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