Asia Sep 7, 2019
Rebels hand in guns in Philippines Muslim peace deal
Muslim rebels in the mainly Catholic Philippines began handing over their guns to independent foreign monitors Saturday, as part of a peace treaty aimed at ending a decades-long separatist insurgency that has left about 150,000 people dead. Just over a thousand guerrillas are turning in 940 weapons in a single day, in a graduated decommissioning […]
By AFP