Representatives of the Muslim community in Aceh during the 20th anniversary commemoration event of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh, on Thursday ...
But it was Aceh, Indonesia – a province already blighted by decades of civil war – that was hardest hit, particularly the capital Banda Aceh, where waves of up to 20-30m swept through the city ...
Where were you on Dec 26, 2004? On that day, giant ocean waves devastated Indonesia’s Aceh province, killing more than 160,000 people. Aqil Hamzah and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja revisit the disaster ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People have started gathering in prayer and are visiting mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark ...
Jakarta, Dec 26 (EFE).- Indonesia on Thursday remembered its 167,000 victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami at the Sumatran city of Banda Aceh’s Baiturrahman Grand Mosque, one of the only ...
Some 160,000 of those were in Aceh, at the northwestern tip of Indonesia. 20 years on, the people of Banda Aceh, Indonesia, are still vigilant. (AP video by Fadlan Syam) Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old ...
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster ...