Thousands of people displaced by a Muslim rebel assault on Zamboanga City are enduring squalid conditions in an evacuation camp where dozens have died, while the guerilla leader remains free one year on.

The attack by Moro National Liberation Front (MILF) gunmen triggered three weeks of urban battles with the military, which left more than 240 people dead.

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