Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has proposed a dialogue between his administration and the country's Islamist extremist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) to end conflicts.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on July 26 signed a Muslim autonomy law to allow minority Muslims in the south to start moving towards self-rule by 2022, a bid to tackle extremism and defuse a half-century of separatist conflict in Mindanao.
Twelve terrorists have been killed in clashes with Philippine government security forces, bringing the death toll of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters to 57 in the ongoing campaign in the southern Philippines that started on June 1.
Philippine security forces on June 10 launched airstrikes and ground assaults on Islamist militants' lair in Maguindanao province in southern Philippines.
At least 44 pro-Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in clashes between government troops and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in the southern Philippines, said an Filipino army spokesman on March 11.
Indonesian Deputy President Jusuf Kalla on February 1 received a delegation of the south Philippines-based Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), which is visiting Indonesia to learn from the successful peace process in Aceh province.
Gunmen with links to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front stormed a prison on the morning of January 4 in the southern Philippines to free 132 inmates.
Gunmen with links to the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) stormed a prison on the morning of January 4 in the southern Philippines to free 132 inmates.
Representatives of the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have resumed negotiations on implementing peace agreements at their meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
The Philippine Government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have signed a Declaration of Continuity of Partnership in the Bangsamoro Peace Process.
Muslim rebels on December 24 launched a series of attacks in the southern Philippines, killing seven Christian farmers, according to the country’s military.
The Philippine Government has announced a 12-day truce with the New People’s Army (NPA) to ensure peaceful Christmas and New Year holidays for the local people, a government official said.
Unidentified gunmen have abducted two Canadian tourists, a Norwegian resort manager and a Filipino woman from a popular resort island in the southern Philippines, the local army confirmed on Sept. 22.
