Philippines-Mindanao conflict
Last reviewed: 07-01-2007
LONG-RUNNING MUSLIM AND COMMUNIST INSURGENCIES

- 120,000 still uprooted by fighting
- More than 35 percent of population live in poverty
- Mindanao situation attracts Islamic extremists
key facts
| POPULATION | |
| Philippines (2006) | 84.5 million (U.N.) |
| Mindanao island group | 16 million (U.S. Institute of Peace) |
| RELIGION | |
| Muslim population among Mindanao island group | 20 percent (U.S. Institute of Peace) |
| REFUGEES AND DISPLACEMENT | |
| People displaced in Mindanao (Jan-May 2007) | 95,600-115,600 (Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre) |
| Refugees abroad (2005) | 465 (UNHCR) |
| CONFLICT | |
| Number killed in Moro insurgency | 120,000 (UNDP) |
| Number killed in communist insurgency | 40,000 (UNDP) |
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