Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by KAMLIAN Jamail A.
THE people in southern Philippines have grown wary of the political conflicts between the government and the various rebel groups because these have devastated the economy and hampered the region’s development.
The Mindanao conflict has become increasingly complicated because some armed (…)
, by DAVID Randy
MEDIA reports and analyses of the Nov. 23 gruesome mass murder of 57 innocent civilians in Maguindanao have highlighted different aspects of the culture of warlordism in Muslim Mindanao. Their common starting point is the rido, the clan wars that have persisted in many parts of Philippine (…)
, by MANGAHAS Mahar
WHAT is rido? “Rido refers to a state of recurring hostilities between families and kinship groups characterized by a series of retaliatory acts of violence carried out to avenge a perceived affront or injustice.” This is from the 2007 book “Rido: Clan Feuding and Conflict Management in (…)
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