ZAMBOANGA: Heavy rains flooded evacuation centres in the southern Philippines, adding more misery for thousands of people displaced by a bloody Muslim rebel siege, officials said Saturday.

Almost a month after followers of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) leader Nur Misuari besieged Zamboanga, over 116,000 people—around one tenth of the port city’s population —are still sheltering in evacuation centres, where there is a shortage of toilets and medicine.

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