Irsyan Hasyimd, Jakarta – The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) in Indonesia confirmed the discovery of a Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) dead in a commu

Eka Yudha Saputrato, Jakarta – The rice fields in Meurah Dua District, Pidie Jaya Regency, Aceh, which are reportedly submerged in mud as a result of flooding, were personally inspected

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs recorded that 725 out of 737 mosques and musallas (buildings used for Islamic prayer similar to mosques) af

Sharia police have caned a couple 140 times each in Indonesia's Aceh province for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol, likely one of the severest such punishments since the

Adi Warsidi, Jakarta – Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf announced the end of the Aceh disaster emergency response phase. The status will transition to a 90-day disaster recovery period.

Adi Warsidi, Jakarta – A total of 91,962 people, or 24,426 families, across Aceh remain in evacuation centers following the devastating floods and landslides that struck at the end of N

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – More than a month after a hydrometeorological disaster swept across northern Sumatra in late November, children can be seen begging on the roadside in Aceh, car

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – The Coordinating Minister for Food, Zulkifli Hasan, reported that about 30,000 hectares of fish ponds in Aceh were damaged due to Sumatra floods.

Antara, Jakarta – Raja Village in the Bendahara District of Aceh Tamiang was submerged again after a levee burst. Water overflowed and flooded local residential areas.

M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – Main Director of PT PLN (Persero) Darmawan Prasodjo said that the electricity recovery in three regencies in Aceh remains low.

Wahyu Wilopo, Indonesia – In 2004, Aceh was hardest hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami. In 2025, Indonesia's most disaster-aware province was among the worst hit by floods.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – A coalition of Indonesian civil society groups has condemned what it described as repressive actions and the use of violence by Indonesian National Arme

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Activists in Indonesia's Aceh province have alleged that security forces assaulted members of a humanitarian convoy in North Aceh on Thursday night, Dec

Jakarta – A number of civil society groups and organisations have criticised the alleged violence and repressive actions by Indonesian Military (TNI) officers against a demonstration by

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Personnel from the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) have been accused of using violence against civilians involved in a humanitarian aid convoy to

Bangun Santoso and Faqih Fathurrahman – Repressive actions by the authorities against a convoy of humanitarian volunteers who wanted to distribute aid for flood victims in Krueng Mane,

Dani Aswara, 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, Mua

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid, has called for an independent investigation into violence by the Indonesian National

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf has officially extended the disaster emergency response status for all regencies and cities hit by floods and landslides last

Responding to the phenomenon of people raising white flags in Aceh amidst the poor handling of aid for victims of the ecological disaster on Sumatra Island, Amnesty International Indone

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Mukhlis Takabeya, the regent of Aceh regency of Bireuen, said his government has yet to receive any assistance from foreign governments, and subsequently, none

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – In Aceh, Indonesia, residents are raising white flags along roadsides in the wake of severe floods and landslides, sending a message to both local authorit

Sultan Abdurrahman, Jakarta – Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf has once again received international assistance to cope with the devastating floods and landslides in his region.

Cut Nauval, Banda Aceh – The Civil Society Coalition held a peaceful action in front of the Aceh People's Representative Council (DPRA) offices on Tuesday December 16 urging the central

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – Three weeks after devastating flash floods and landslides, residents in Aceh are raising white flags along the Trans-Sumatra highway, symbolizing their distre

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf has declared a state of emergency due to floods and landslides in several regions of Aceh Province over the past week.

Dede Leni Mardianti, Jakarta – The Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of Aceh Barat Regency recorded that a total of 3,866 people from 2,652 households have been affected by the

Zacharias Wuragil, Jakarta – Storms rarely make landfall in Aceh.

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Indonesia's Aceh Regional Police has established 94 drug-free villages (KBDN) across all regencies and cities.

Thresa Sandra Desfika, Jakarta – Nagan Cipta Nusantara (NCN) has unveiled plans to develop a dedicated coal terminal port and a 10-kilometer hauling road in Nagan Raya, Aceh, with an in

Banda Aceh – A gay couple were punished with a sentence of 76 lashes each in public at Bustanussalatin Park in the Acehnese provincial capital of Banda Aceh on Tuesday August 26.

Responding to today's caning of two men in the city of Banda Aceh for having consensual same-sex sexual relations, Amnesty International's Regional Research Director Montse Ferrer said:

Aimee Gabay, Jakarta – Some of the world's biggest consumer brands are banding together to tackle deforestation in one of Earth's richest biodiversity hotspots in Indonesia.

Jakarta – This month 20 years ago, the world witnessed something rare: The successful resolution of a decades-long separatist conflict in Southeast Asia's largest nation.

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – "If you run, you are shot.

Today marks 20 years since the Helsinki Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), establishing a peace agreement betw

Salman Mardira, Banda Aceh, Aceh – Aceh Governor Muzakir "Mualem" Manaf has urged residents to refrain from hoisting the province's crescent-and-star flag during this week's commemorati

Banda Aceh – A gay couple who were apprehended by officials in the Sari Park toilet in the Acehnese capital of Banda Aceh with the initials QH (20) and RA (21) were sentenced to 80 lash

Associated Press, Banda Aceh – An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning 80 times each after Islamic religious poli

The Bumi Flora (Earth of Flowers) Tragedy occurred exactly 24 years ago.

Cut Mery, Jakarta – An employee of the Banda Aceh City Government has been arrested by the Indonesian National Police's Special Detachment 88 (Densus 88) Anti-Terror Unit for alleged li

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The President of the Student Senate of the State Islamic University of Ar-Raniry, Teuku Raja Aulia Habibi, rejected the plan to establish a Territorial Ba

Adi Warsidi, Jakarta – The Indonesian government officially inaugurated the construction of the Memorial Living Park built on the former site of the Rumoh Geudong Static Post during the

Banda Aceh – A number of residents from the Aceh People's Alliance have opposed and challenged the establishment of Territorial Development Battalions in five areas and have asked the I

Jakarta – National unity faced an impromptu challenge recently when a dispute erupted between the country's two westernmost provinces after the Home Ministry issued a regulation that pl

Dian Rahma Fika, Jakarta – The Wali Nanggroe of Aceh Malik Mahmud Al Haythar hopes for the endorsement of regulations regarding the raising of the Aceh flag.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo has ruled that the four islands previously disputed between Aceh and North Sumatra fall under Aceh's jurisdiction.

Iil Askar Mondza, Banda Aceh – Former Chairperson of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), Otto Nur Abdullah, asserted that Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian's decisi

Iil Askar Monza, Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – The Aceh Provincial Government has banned students from leaving the residences after 10 p.m.

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Directorate General of Corrections confirmed that dozens of inmates escaped from the Class II B Correctional Institution in Kutacane, Southeast Aceh, on M