Aceh is home to a secessionist movement in Indonesia, and is run by a military government. For more context, NPR's Robert Siegel talks with James Clad of the National Defense University.

ACEH BESAR, Indonesia (AP) — Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday morning ...

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) — Almost 1,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have arrived by boat in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh in the last six days. They included five groups with ...

Item 1 of 5 Rohingya refugees walk after their arrival at the beach in Gampong Baro village, Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia, January 8, 2023, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.

Marije Mellegers, 24, was travelling with seven child protection activists in the southern Aceh area when she was hit in the leg. She was evacuated to a hospital in Medan but her injuries are not ...

Two other people were also sentenced to 34 and 8 strokes each for gambling. Indonesia’s secular central government granted Aceh the right to implement Islamic Shariah law in 2006 as part of a ...

Thirteen Indigenous communities in Aceh are seeking recognition of their rights to 144,497 hectares (357,060 acres) of customary forests, an area nearly the size of London.

ACEH BESAR, Indonesia (AP) — Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday morning ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other. Dozens ...