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New hope, new fear for Mindanao
Four days after President Benigno Aquino met in Tokyo with leaders of the rebel Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the main Muslim separatist group in the Philippines, a series of firefights between the rebel group and one of its breakaway factions broke out in the southern Philippines, killing at least 14 people and displacing thousands from their homes.
Rebels Reject Plan for Filipino Muslims
Islamic rebels in the southern Philippines have rejected a proposal by the Philippine government to offer what it calls “genuine autonomy” for Filipino Muslims, saying Tuesday that it “does not address the real issues” that have fueled the separatist rebellion in the country’s south over the past 40 years.
Filipino rebels agree to stop using child soldiers
Once the guerrilla groups have complied with their respective action plans, they can be removed from the U.N. list of movements that violate children’s rights. The Philippines is among 22 countries in the world that the United Nations says have “situations of concern” because of the use of child combatants.
Fighting flares in southern Philippines
By Carlos H. Conde International Herald Tribune Published: December 26, 2008 MANILA: A series of rebel attacks this past week in the southern Philippines that left least nine civilians dead underscores the need for the government and Muslim separatists to … Continue reading →
Islamic group admits to child soldiers
By Carlos H. Conde International Herald Tribune Published: December 21, 2008 MANILA: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front, a separatist group in the Philippines, has given its commitment to the United Nations that it would stop recruiting children into its ranks … Continue reading →
Troops and separatists clash in southern Philippines
By Carlos H. Conde Published: December 8, 2008 International Herald Tribune MANILA: As many as five marines and five Muslim separatist rebels were killed during intense fighting in the southern Philippines, military officials said Monday. They said an undetermined number … Continue reading →
As the MOA Unravels, What Now?
By Carlos H. Conde Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project Now that the plan to ram through the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD) has unraveled, the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is trying to sweep it under the carpet. … Continue reading →
Fighting worsens in Philippines, displacing 300,000 on Mindanao
By Carlos H. Conde International Herald Tribune The New York Times Published: August 26, 2008 MANILA: Fighting in the southern Philippines between government troops and Islamic separatists is getting worse by the day, with the number of displaced people now … Continue reading →
Peace process fraught with peril for Arroyo
By Carlos H. Conde International Herald Tribune The New York Times Published: August 24, 2008 MANILA: Three weeks ago, the government of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was scheduled to sign a peace deal that, among other things, had promised to … Continue reading →
Mindanao’s Wrecked Peace Deal
A botched agreement, domestic politics and insurgent violence threaten to renew war in the southern Philippines By Carlos H. Conde Asia Sentinel 21 August 2008 By many accounts, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the separatist group in the southern Philippines, … Continue reading →
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