Paris (AFP) - Fighting in the troubled southern Philippine region of Mindanao has combined with extreme weather events to create a "humanitarian catastrophe", French aid groups said Wednesday.
Around one million people have fled their homes in the region, according to Thibault Henry, head of the Philippines chapter of the charity Acted.
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