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Thousands gathered at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh on Aug. 15, 2026, to commemorate 21 years of peace between Indonesia and the separatist Free Aceh Movement, or GAM. Some participants ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » History: Twenty-one years on, Aceh’s peace faces new strains
A decades-long insurgency in the Indonesian province ended after 2004’s devastating tsunami. But pro-independence talk is on the rise again.
News Indonesia » Aceh » History: Aceh's Real History
The Aug. 21 editorial "A Post-Tsunami Peace?" said Aceh became part of Indonesia when it was "annexed by force in 1950." That is untrue and an incorrect representation of history. Indonesia was under ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » History: In Indonesia’s Aceh, Indigenous communities seek recognition of their forest rights
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Indonesian government is set to recognize community claims to ancestral forests in Aceh province, on the island of Sumatra, for the first time ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » History: Aceh, Indonesia: Spectacular drone footage - Worldwide
Soar above the northern tip of Sumatra with this breathtaking drone video of Aceh, Indonesia. Witness the resilience and profound history of the region, gliding over the reconstructed capital, Banda ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » History: Reexamining Gender-Based Violence in the Aceh Conflict
People I have spoken to in Aceh often said that the tsunami of December 2004 brought peace to their community. Despite the significant losses suffered in the disaster, it led to the restoration of ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » History: Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » History: Floods, Fury And New Calls For Independence In Aceh
(MENAFN- Asia Times) Thousands gathered at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh on August 15, 2026, to commemorate 21 years of peace between Indonesia and the separatist Free Aceh Movement, or GAM.
News Indonesia » Aceh » History: The Local and International Dimensions of Aceh’s Rohingya Crisis
There are signs that the region’s ongoing anti-refugee backlash is being whipped up by domestic actors’ quest for political gain. Rohingya women at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, March ...