Feuds, land-related conflicts hamper Bangsamoro’s transition to peace

– The latest comprehensive report of Conflict Alert showed that an increasing number of clan feuding and land related conflicts in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is threatening the region’s momentum to achieving peace.Conflict Alert is a subnational conflict monitoring system focused on Mindanao and developed by the Philippines Programme of the independent peace building organization International Alert.

Meanwhile, in the areas of Lanao del Sur, particularly in Marawi City, and the municipalities of Marantao and Lumbatan, there were five incidents of clan feuds each from only two incidents recorded in 2018. The report described Mamasapano as an area lying “within the ‘SPMS Box’ in the province’s southeast, with Pagalungan and Guindulungan contiguous to this area.”

During the virtual presser for the launching of the 2020 Bangsamoro conflict report Nikki de la Rosa, country director of peacebuilding organization International Alert Philippines said “he irony is that previous combatants who ought to be retired from decommissioning and normalization processes are instead training their weapons against each other, against indigenous peoples, and against other claimants of land surrounding their previous camps.

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