Tag Archives: Indonesia

Disaster management agency says more than 80,000 people have fled to temporary government shelters. Flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island have left at least 19 people dead and seven others missing, officials have said. Mud, rocks and uprooted trees rushed down a mountainside and engulfed villages in …

Nearly 500 passengers were evacuated on Friday morning after a train collision near the Indonesian city of Bandung killed two crew members, left two passengers trapped and injured more than two dozen others, officials said. The two trains collided just after dawn in Rancaekek District, east of the city on …

Rescuers found the bodies of 11 climbers after the eruption of the Mount Marapi volcano in West Sumatra, Indonesia.   A rescue official said three people were found alive on the volcano and at least 12 climbers were still missing. Another official put the number of missing at 22.   …

A tricky clean energy opportunity in Indonesia Indonesia has long sidestepped larger geopolitical conflicts. But now, as it becomes a hub for electric vehicle production, it’s getting caught in the rivalry between the U.S. and China. At stake is control over nickel, a critical component of E.V. batteries. Indonesia, with …

Progress is already being made: a school building was saved from burning down; farmers are earning 50 per cent higher incomes; and a healthier peatland is reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Since its launch in 2019, the programme, which includes training for villagers and critical infrastructure upgrades, has dramatically reduced fire …

A Nigerian man known as George Onyekachi Onuoha has been brutally beaten to death in Indonesia.   It was gathered that Onuoha was killed by suspected ‘Ambon boys’ at Tangerang, in the province of Banten on Sunday, 9 July, 2023.    A Nigerian, who witnessed the incident told SaharaReporters that …

Shinta Ratri, the leader of an Islamic boarding school that offers a haven for transgender women in Indonesia, died on Feb. 1 in Yogyakarta, a city on the Indonesian island of Java. She was 60. A colleague at the school, Rully Malay, said the cause of her death, in a …

Four people have been killed after a floating restaurant collapsed into the sea during an earthquake in Indonesia. The Cirita Cafe in Jayapura, Papua crumbled as the magnitude 5.5 quake rocked the eastern province on Thursday 9 February.    Four women were unable to flee the collapsed building in time …

A warship, maritime patrol plane and drone have been deployed to monitor the Chinese vessel in the North Natuna Sea. Indonesia has deployed a warship to its North Natuna Sea to monitor a Chinese coast guard vessel that has been active in a resource-rich maritime area both countries claim as …

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday he supports plans to scale back the presence of troops in the eastern region of Papua, where the country’s military has been accused of human rights abuses in tackling a long-running independence movement. Jokowi, as the president is known, said “the reduction of …