Tag: Mindanao

Southeast Asia

Borneo stand-off: whither Sulu sultanate?

Security forces in Malaysian Borneo are in a stand-off with some 100 men they say are insurgents from the Philippine island of Sulu raising an ancestral claim to the territory.

Southeast Asia

Mindanao: fighting despite new autonomy deal

New fighting was reported from the southern Philippines island group of Mindanao, despite a recent deal on regional autonomy aimed at ending the decades-long insurgency.