An Indonesian soldier has been killed by rebels in the province of Aceh, putting a five-week old ceasefire to the test.

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – Ambassadors from the United States, Japan and Italy arrived here on Monday for a two-day visit to show support for a recent peace agreement to end decades of h

Jane Perlez, Banda Aceh – An American nurse freed after having been convicted by the Indonesian authorities of visa violations, which involved contacting separatist rebels, says she wan

Banda Aceh – The number of killings and clashes between Indonesian forces and separatist rebels in Aceh province has plunged sharply a month after a peace deal was signed, a mediation g

Jakarta – American nurse Joy Lee Sadler was released Friday from jail in Aceh province after four months in detention for visa violations, AP reported.

Ibnu Mat Noor and Nani Farida, Banda Aceh/Lhokseumawe – Civilian casualties have dropped significantly in Aceh in the past month, but violence has not stopped entirely in the country's

Jakarta – Indonesia's troubled province of Aceh has been peaceful for a week and a Geneva-based organisation that brokered a peace deal between the government and rebels said on Friday

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – Jailed American nurse Joy Lee Sadler was rushed to hospital on Friday but was rejected by all hospitals in Banda Aceh for fears that her HIV illness would spre

Jakarta – The killing of civilians has dropped sharply in Indonesia's Aceh province since the signing of a landmark peace accord between the central government and rebels, a Geneva-base

Damien Kingsbury – The sentencing of Australian-based academic researcher and sometime Asia Times Online contributor Dr Lesley McCulloch to five months' imprisonment in Indonesia has se

Tom Hyland, Jakarta – As a Scot, Lesley McCulloch could hardly let New Year's Eve pass without a party, however her chances of celebrating last night were limited.

[A British born academic and an American nurse who visited a separatist rebel base in Indonesia's Aceh province have been jailed for violating their tourist visas.

Tom Hyland and agencies, Jakarta – Indonesian soldiers in the strife-torn province of Aceh usually get their own way, so when they detained two Westerners – and women at that – leaving

A British academic and an American nurse who visited a separatist rebel base in Indonesia's Aceh province were jailed for violating their tourist visas.

Banda Aceh – A new phase began in the troubled region's peace process as the first monitoring teams started work in this Indonesian province yesterday.

Nani Farida, Tamiang – Fatigued after a long journey, four journalists, one from The Jakarta Post, received a fright when a gunman suddenly stepped out from behind some trees near Paya

Banda Aceh – The police here forced some 300 activists of the Aceh Referendum Information Agency (SIRA) to disperse as they staged a demonstration in front of the local office of the He

Jakarta – A high-ranking official of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) reportedly attended a ceremony marking the 46th anniversary of the Aceh Military Command in Banda Aceh on Monday, Antar

Two soldiers, a policeman and five civilians were shot dead in Indonesia's Aceh province over the weekend despite this month's peace agreement, an army officer and a rebel leader said.

Peace monitors began work in Indonesia's Aceh province as fresh violence erupted between troops and separatist rebels despite a ceasefire pact this month.

Banda Aceh and Lhokseumawe – Neat rows of red and white flags around Banda Aceh's historic Baiturrahman mosque are the Indonesian government's way of saying that, despite a truce signed

Lela E. Madjiah, Surabaya – Army Chief of Staff Gen.

Banda Aceh – Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri said on Tuesday a landmark peace pact agreed with Aceh rebels was a dream come true, although both sides have started to accuse e

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – The peace deal between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) could go into a tailspin as the rebels still eye independence.

Life appears to be returning to normal in Aceh, a week after an historic peace deal was signed in Geneva.

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) Chief Gen.

As many as six people have been killed in Aceh by Indonesian troops hunting separatist rebels despite the signing of a peace pact December 9, a resident and a rebel commander said.

Another person has been shot dead in Aceh province where a ceasefire between Indonesian troops and separatist rebels is in force, humanitarian workers said.

Prangtip Daorueng, Jakarta – Tuesday's peace accord signed between the Indonesian government and Acehnese rebels is not the first attempt at peace, but many Acehnese who are gathering a

[International monitors have arrived in Indonesia's troubled province of Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra island, to help enforce a landmark peace agreement.

Tapol warmly welcomes the agreement on the cessation of hostilities signed today in Geneva by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia (GoI) and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – With as many as 12,000 people killed in Indonesia's Aceh province over the past 26 years, a ceasefire agreement due for signing on Monday is long overdue.

William Nessen, Cot Trieng, Aceh – Inside a 20-kilometre circle of marsh and shoulder-high grass dotted by thick patches of rattan and palm trees, Indonesia's military, the TNI, has aim

Jakarta – The 26-year-old coordinator of the Coalition for West Aceh Students Movements (Kagempar) was found dead in the Senapit area in Lembah Seulawah subdistrict, Aceh Besar district

Banda Aceh – A number of student activists and several family members identified on Wednesday a body found under Senapit Bridge in the city, as Musliadi, coordinator of the Coalition fo

Ibnu Mat Noor and Nani Farida, Kuala Simpang/Bireuen – Banda Aceh was largely deserted on Wednesday, with most public transport off the streets, as the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) celebrat

John Martinkus – In a swamp in North Aceh usually home only to snakes, leeches, and the large biting iguanas the locals call Biawak, the Indonesian military has deployed roughly 3000 co

The Indonesian military's (TNI) assault on armed elements of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) is bringing splits in the rebel movement to the fore, with one moderate leader accusing another

Separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province celebrated the anniversary Wednesday of their 1976 declaration of independence, despite warnings from the central government and the armed

Bireun – Separatists in Indonesia's Aceh province commemorated the 26th anniversary of their fight on Wednesday with at least one military flag-raising ceremony and vows to keep fightin

Ibnu Mat Noor, Banda Aceh – The commander of the military wing of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Sabang was arrested and then executed by Indonesian security authorities in Aceh on Mon

Ibnu Mat Noor, Banda Aceh – Having lived for years in violence, Acehnese are demanding that representatives of Jakarta and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist rebels support all att

On November 25, the trials of Australian-based, British-born academic Lesley McCulloch and US nurse Joy-Lee Sadler began in Aceh.

Jakarta – At least six people, including two soldiers and a member of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), were killed in the latest violence to hit Aceh, AFP reported.

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief Gen.

A terminally-ill American nurse whose trial on immigration charges resumed here said she fears the process will drag on for weeks.

Banda Aceh – A lawyer of two foreign women on trial for visa violations in Indonesia's restive Aceh province said on Wednesday their clients have to face long trials and the prosecution

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Some 23 countries are planning to hold a meeting in Tokyo on December 3 to discuss possible financial aid for rehabilitation and reconstruction in Aceh, but no

Banda Aceh – The trials of two foreign women accused of associating with separatist rebels in Indonesia's troubled Aceh province began on Monday with prosecutors saying they had violate

Jakarta – Six people including four alleged members of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) have been shot dead in Aceh despite an expected peace deal, AFP reported.