03 January 2005

Aid piling up at the airports – civil emergency still in force – military operation continuing

The death toll in Indonesia today stands at more than 94,000 and still continues to rise. According to Government information, 270,000 people are currently in refugee camps in Aceh.

Aid and aid pledges

Aid operations are now eventually also underway for Aceh. On Thursday January 6th, 2005, Indonesia is going to host a conference to coordinate aid and relief efforts for the countries ... read more

Deutsche Welle, 03 January 2005

This article is available in German (including the radio interview) and also in Haussa language:

Har yanzu ana fama da matsaloli a kauyen Aceh na yankin Sumatra a kasar indonesia, wajen gannin kayan bada agaji sun sami zuwa ga masu bukata a yankin.

Rashin kayan aiki da hanyoyi sun hana gudanar da shrin bada agajin ya tafi ndai-dai kamar yadda aka tsara a sauran bangarori da wannan balai ya shafa.

Anan nan ana fama da matsalar rashin ... read more

02 January 2005

German online magazine Spiegel online shows some impressing satellite pictures of Banda Aceh
before and after the quake/tsunami:

http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,grossbild-421851-335175,00.html

QuickBird Imagery – Tsunami Aftermath: Banda Aceh

More than 600 pictures from Aceh by Reuters and AP agencies can be seen at:

http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=aceh%3F&ei=UTF-8&c=images&b=1

30 December 2004

Update December 30th, 2004, 4 pm MET

According to latest BBC information, the confirmed death toll for Indonesia has skyrocketed to almost 80,000.

The Vice President calculated that the reconstruction costs would amount to 1 billion US Dollar. 150 million US Dollar were needed for immediate relief operations.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has suggested to the UN Secretary General that the United Nations host an aid conference for all states affected by the disaster. So far, apart from Kofi ... read more

29 December 2004

Tsunami Catastrophe in Aceh – Update 29/12/04, 2 p.m. (MET)

Today, December 29th, 2004, the Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla has revoked the status of civil emergency for Aceh. According to information of the Indonesian online news service Kompas Cyber Media (KCM), the Central Government also took over the government authority in the troubled province.

After the breakdown of the peace negotiations between the Central Government and the Free Aceh Movement in May 2003, martial law had been ... read more