AlertNet offers a list of contacts for aid agencies working in the Philippines.

ReliefWeb provides aid agency assessments and maps.

The Human Security Gateway is a good place to browse for reports on the conflict and peace moves. Sources include think tanks, human rights groups, academics and campaign groups.

The United States Institute of Peace's Special Report on The Mindanao Peace Talks from 2005 looks at the history of the rebellion and the two key groups.

Other rebel groups, such as Abu Sayyaf, are covered by Belgian-based think tank International Crisis Group in reports from 2004 and 2005.

This 2008 report by Crisis Group, The Philippines: The Collapse of Peace in Mindanao, analyses the break down of negotiations.

Another Crisis Group Report Counter-insurgency vs. Counter-terrorism in Mindanao looks at U.S.-backed operations in the south against Abu Sayyaf.

Some insight into the rebel perspective can be found on the Moro National Liberation Front's site.

The Asian Human Rights Commission issues regular press releases about abuses on Mindanao.

Amnesty International produced a report in October 2008 called Shattered Peace in Mindanao: The human cost of conflict in the Philippines, which documents the stories of the men, women and children affected by the recent upsurge in violence

Human Rights Watch's Philippines section has a number of relevant reports including: Philippines: Extremist Groups Target Civilians.

Mindanao has a couple of news sites of its own: Mindanews, which is published by a journalists' cooperative and has an archive including stories on fighting and displacement; and the Mindanao Times.

National papers include the Philippine Daily Inquirer and Manila Times. The Mindanao Blog is run by an American who is married to a Filipino and lives in Mindanao.

The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre offers general background as well as reports on the plight of people uprooted by the conflict and humanitarian access.

The Philippine Human Development Report 2005, published by the Human Development Network with the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) and the New Zealand Agency for International Development, is a statistics-rich analysis of the effects of armed conflict and poverty on development in the region.

The International Committee of the Red Cross describes how it is helping people displaced by fighting. The Philippines Red Cross also runs operations for displaced people in Mindanao.

It's worth checking on USAID's projects in Mindanao. To access local non governmental organisations try the Caucasus of Development NGO Networks, which keeps a contact list. The Mindanao Economic Development Council outlines local development projects.