In the Philippines a decades-long conflict nears its endgame
Peace in Mindanao matters for regional security
AHOD “AL HAJ MURAD” EBRAHIM spent most of his life waging war against the Philippine government in the jungles of Mindanao, in the country’s south. These days the septuagenarian rebel is behind a desk in Cotabato, capital of the fledgling Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). “As revolutionaries we dreamed of having our own government, and now we have it,” he marvels.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Bangsamoro’s moment”
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