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News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: Indonesia’s Aceh grapples with disease after floods

News channel or source: https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/12/07/breaking-news/indonesias-aceh-grapples-with-disease-after-floods/

Published on: Saturday 06 December 2025

ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia >> Hit by deadly floods, Indonesians in the region around Aceh Tamiang are grappling with worsening diseases and a lack of medical care as workers struggled to help dozens of ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: For 1st time, Indonesia government recognizes ancestral forests in Aceh — but only some

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/for-1st-time-indonesia-government-recognizes-ancestral-forests-in-aceh-but-only-some/

Published on: Wednesday 25 October 2023

The Indonesian government has recognized 22,549 hectares (55,700 acres) of ancestral forests in Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra — the first time for the region. In total, Indigenous communities ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: Indonesia’s Aceh Province Continues Caning as a Form of Punishment

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2026/05/indonesias-aceh-province-continues-caning-as-a-form-of-punishment/

Published on: Thursday 28 May 2026

But the ultra-conservative Indonesian province is not the only place in Southeast Asia where the punishment is used.

News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: In Indonesia’s Aceh, Indigenous communities seek recognition of their forest rights

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/in-indonesias-aceh-indigenous-communities-seek-recognition-of-their-forest-rights/

Published on: Thursday 27 July 2023

The Indonesian government is set to recognize community claims to ancestral forests in Aceh province, on the island of Sumatra, for the first time in history. Thirteen Indigenous communities in Aceh ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: UNHCR returns to Indonesia's Aceh province to provide shelter assistance

News channel or source: https://www.unhcr.org/news/unhcr-returns-indonesias-aceh-province-provide-shelter-assistance

Published on: Sunday 26 June 2005

JAKARTA, June 27 (UNHCR) - The government of Indonesia announced on Saturday that the UN refugee agency had been invited to return to Indonesia's Aceh province to assist in providing shelter as part ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: Hundreds of Rohingya Refugees Disembark in Indonesia’s Aceh Region

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/11/hundreds-of-rohingya-refugees-disembark-in-indonesias-aceh-region/

Published on: Sunday 19 November 2023

More than 500 Rohingya civilians came ashore in Aceh province in western Indonesia yesterday after weeks at sea, the latest in a wave of new Rohingya arrivals from southeastern Bangladesh. According ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: 'Everything Destroyed' as Indonesia's Aceh Grapples With Disease After Floods

News channel or source: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-07/everything-destroyed-as-indonesias-aceh-grapples-with-disease-after-floods