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'Everything Destroyed' as Indonesia's Aceh Grapples With Disease After Floods By Ajeng Ulfiana and Yudhistira ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Hit by deadly floods, Indonesians in the region ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: Couple caned for kissing on TikTok in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned on Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: 21 years after disaster helped bring peace to Aceh – has botched Indonesian response to floods reignited calls for independence?
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 » People: Over 300 Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar arrive in Indonesia's Aceh region after weeks at sea
ACEH BESAR, Indonesia — Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday morning after being ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: 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 » People: Floods Hit 18 Villages in Aceh as BMKG Warns of More Heavy Rain
An embankment collapse in Aceh Tamiang flooded homes and hundreds of hectares of farmland as heavy rain forced residents to evacuate.
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: In Indonesia’s Aceh, a once-isolated forest hosts local travelers on bamboo rafts
In the semiautonomous region of Aceh, an Indigenous community has repurposed the bamboo rafts they use to commute downriver to sell tourism services to nearby urban settlements. The forests of Samar ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: 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 » People: UNHCR returns to Indonesia's Aceh province to provide shelter assistance
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 ...