Mindanao violence ‘fuelled by drugs, arms’

December 02, 2017 5:00 AM

Shadow economies, underpinned by illegal drug trade and gun-running, will continue to fuel violent extremism and attacks on urban areas in the insurgency-racked southern Philippine island of Mindanao, experts have warned.

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