A year after its creation, the autonomous region faces the threat of a pandemic, on top of lingering fractures.
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Georgi Engelbrecht is a Senior Analyst with the International Crisis Group. He is based in Manila. Before joining Crisis Group in late 2019, Georgi worked in Mindanao as part of a multinational peacekeeping mission monitoring the ceasefire between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.