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.

III. BACKGROUND TO THE CONFLICT. The conflict in Aceh has worsened dramatically since the fall of President Soeharto in 1998. While GAM has been in existence since 1976, it is only in the last two ...

Background—Martial Law and Armed Conflict in Aceh and Refugee Flows The current military offensive in Aceh began on May 19, 2003, after a six-month ceasefire failed to resolve the longstanding ...

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 ...

Below, Sieh provides scientific background and context for the December 26, 2004 earthquake that struck Aceh, Indonesia. Kerry Sieh, ...

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 ...

Nowhere was the devastation from the 2004 Indian Ocean disaster worse than in Aceh. In its recovery, the Indonesian province has turned to religion and strict Shariah law.

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 ...

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 ...