General information
Type of Incompatibility: Not applicable
Date of first battle related death: 2011-08-09
Date of conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: 2011-09-14
Comment on conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: The non-state conflict between BIFM and MILF is first included in UCDP data in 2011. In August that year fighting erupted around Datu Piang town and by early September fighting had resulted in at least 25 battle-related deaths.
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
2011
Primary Parties: BIFM - MILF
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 31 |
| Best | 31 |
| Low | 31 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2012
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 6 |
| Best | 6 |
| Low | 6 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2015
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 32 |
| Best | 17 |
| Low | 14 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2017
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 0 |
| Best | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
2023
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: Non-State
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 0 |
| Best | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
Conflict Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
2011 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: After BIFM split from MILF in late 2010 or early 2011 tensions were high between the two groups, although MILF tried to convince Umbra Kato and his BIFM to rejoin the group. In August 2011, fighting erupted between BIFM commander Abunawas Ebad and MILF commander Adzme Kasim over a six-hectare agricultural land near Datu Piang town of Maguindanao province.
Clan feuds are common in the southern parts of the Philippines and are locally called "ridos". A rido can go on for years or even decades before it is solved, often with the help of third party mediators and blood money. But what started as a rido soon turned into a conflict between BIFM and MILF. Around 3000 civilians were forced to flee their homes due to the fighting in August. Sporadic clashes between the parties occurred in September, October and November, but the violence did not escalate again.
Terminated: NO
2012 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2015 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2017 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
2023 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
