BARMM violence ‘on rebound,’ 2025 elections will be deadly – crisis group

MANILA, Philippines – Conflict and deaths have been on the uptrend in the Bangsamoro region in the last three years, and a “deadly” 2025 elections is feared if the causes of violence are not addressed, crisis group Conflict Alert warned on Thursday, August 22.

“Violent conflict is on a rebound two years after the passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) and ten years after the conflict-to-peace transition began when the Bangsamoro peace agreement was signed in 2014. The long view...