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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Nick Aspinwall

Prospects shaky for Philippines’ government and communist peace talks

More than 40,000 people have been killed in the conflict with the NPA [File: Alecs Ongcal/EPA]

Manila, Philippines – Fighting continues between the Philippine military and communist rebels despite an agreement to resume peace talks this month in an effort to end the world’s longest-running communist armed rebellion.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr surprised many when, in November, his government announced an agreement with the National Democratic Front (NDF), the rebels’ political wing, to restart peace talks that his predecessor Rodrigo Duterte had ended shortly after taking office.

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