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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 ...
"Please give me some, I'm hungry," shouts one man in a small crowd gathered around soldiers throwing instant noodle packets from an army truck outside Banda Aceh's Baiturrahman mosque.With dwindling ...
Ten years ago on Friday, one of the deadliest natural disasters in history hit several Indian Ocean nations, killing as many as 230,000 people and causing untold damage. It was the Boxing Day tsunami, ...
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A riot erupted during the commemoration of the 21st Aceh Peace Day at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque (MRB) in Banda Aceh City on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at around 11:00 a.m.
An old man sitting next to me, wearing a sarong and Muslim skullcap, points at a horizontal yellow line etched about two metres from the ground on a wall. “It reminds us of how high the water surged. ...
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's Aceh Regional Police personnel briefly detained several residents following the 21st Aceh Peace Day commemoration, which resulted in a clash with the security forces in ...
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 ...
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