Former rebel leader Abdulraof Macacua has been elected chief minister of the Philippines' Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, securing 51 of 80 assembly votes in a historic vote after decades of conflict.
Macacua defeated former interim chief minister Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim, chairman of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), according to Rappler.