President Rodrigo Duterte attends the oath-taking ceremony for the creation of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority at the Presidential Palace in Manila. Photo: AP President Rodrigo Duterte attends the oath-taking ceremony for the creation of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority at the Presidential Palace in Manila. Photo: AP
President Rodrigo Duterte attends the oath-taking ceremony for the creation of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority at the Presidential Palace in Manila. Photo: AP

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Rebels sworn in as leaders of Bangsamoro region in Philippines

  • President Duterte personally swore in Murad Ebrahim as interim chief minister at a ceremony in Manila
  • The rebellion began in the early 1970s as a bid to set up a separate Muslim state in the Mindanao region

Topic |   The Philippines
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 9:18pm, 22 Feb, 2019

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President Rodrigo Duterte attends the oath-taking ceremony for the creation of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority at the Presidential Palace in Manila. Photo: AP President Rodrigo Duterte attends the oath-taking ceremony for the creation of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority at the Presidential Palace in Manila. Photo: AP
President Rodrigo Duterte attends the oath-taking ceremony for the creation of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority at the Presidential Palace in Manila. Photo: AP
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