Scars of Marawi Siege Linger as Philippines Poll Nears

Scars of Marawi siege linger as Philippines poll nears

Sophia Aminolla, a nurse and mother of two, does not know if her missing younger brother Amerel is among those lying beneath the numbered graves. She is not alone. As the now semi-autonomous Muslim region in the southern Philippines aims to turn a new page with its first elections on Monday, the gravesite is a painful reminder that the healing is far from complete. "I don't know if he is still alive or not. But my instinct says he's alive, becau…

Scars of Marawi siege linger as BARMM poll nears

MARAWI, Philippines — Near a resettlement site for survivors of the bloody 2017 siege of Marawi, a woman wearing a black face veil walks across a hilltop dotted by tombstones without names. Sophia Aminolla, a nurse and mother of two, does not know if her missing younger brother Amerel is among those lying beneath the numbered graves. She is not alone. As the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)  aims to turn a new page with it…

2017 Marawi city siege: hundreds of families still living in temporary houses

Nearly nine years after conflict in the southern Philippines, hundreds of families remain in temporary shelters after losing their homes.[...]