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News Indonesia » Aceh » Politics: 21 years after disaster helped bring peace to Aceh – has botched Indonesian response to floods reignited calls for independence?

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/21-years-after-disaster-helped-bring-peace-to-aceh-has-botched-indonesian-response-to-floods-reignited-calls-for-independence/ar-AA2cTF7U

Published on: Thursday 24 September 2026

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 » Politics: The Local and International Dimensions of Aceh’s Rohingya Crisis

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2024/01/the-local-and-international-dimensions-of-acehs-rohingya-crisis/

Published on: Thursday 04 January 2024

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 ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Politics: Reexamining Gender-Based Violence in the Aceh Conflict

News channel or source: https://thediplomat.com/2024/08/reexamining-gender-based-violence-in-the-aceh-conflict/

Published on: Tuesday 13 August 2024

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 » Politics: POLITICS-INDONESIA: Aceh Savours Tsunami’s Gift of Peace

News channel or source: https://www.ipsnews.net/2006/12/politics-indonesia-aceh-savours-tsunamis-gift-of-peace/

Published on: Monday 11 December 2006

BANGKOK, Dec 12 2006 (IPS) - As it approaches the second anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Indonesian province of Aech, which took the worst beating, is basking in a spirit of hope that ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Politics: Lessons from Aceh: How language unites and segregates in conflicts

News channel or source: https://theconversation.com/lessons-from-aceh-how-language-unites-and-segregates-in-conflicts-245481

Published on: Friday 13 December 2024

20 years have passed since the Aceh tsunami, leaving deep scars on Indonesia, especially for those directly affected. Aceh was also recovering from a three-decade armed conflict between the Free Aceh ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Politics: '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

Published on: Saturday 06 December 2025

'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 ...