TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and the police dispersed a group of people flying the banned Free Aceh Movement (GAM) flag in Meunasah Mee Village, Muara Dua District, ...

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 ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia – Thousands of people huddling around TV sets in a mosque courtyard clapped and cheered yesterday while watching leaders halfway around the globe sign an accord to end three ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid, has called for an independent investigation into violence by the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) ...

ExxonMobil has said that the its operations in Indonesia’s rebellious Aceh province will not be affected by a military offensive by the government against the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). ExxonMobil ...

The memorandum of understanding, which is intended to improve security and the investment climate in the gas-rich province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, calls for GAM to renounce its claim for ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) - A former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebel won the first direct election for governor of Aceh province, the electoral commission announced on Friday, a step in a peace ...