Landslides kill 18 on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, two missing
Updated: 4:25pm (AEST) Jakarta, Indonesia Reuters Landslides on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island on the weekend killed at least 18 people with rescue efforts, including police sniffer dogs, still ongoing for two missing people, local authorities said on Monday. The local government in South Sulawesi also reported that two people were in a critical condition in hospital. […]
“People of the forest”: Indigenous Indonesians stake claim to land
Recognition of customary forests in Indonesia has been hailed for tackling land-grabbing and deforestation, but Indigenous leaders are demanding greater rights. PETER YEUNG, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports…
At least 15 killed, 19 missing in ferry sinking in Indonesia
Jakarta, IndonesiaReuters Indonesian authorities were searching for missing passengers on Monday after a ferry sank off Sulawesi island, killing at least 15, the national search and rescue agency said. Of 40 passengers on board, 19 were still missing, while six survived, the agency said in a statement. The cause of the sinking, which occurred at […]
Updated: Suicide bomb hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, 20 wounded
Updated: 8am (AEDT), 29th March, 2021Makassar, IndonesiaAP Two attackers believed to be members of a militant network that pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group blew themselves up outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral during a Palm Sunday Mass on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, wounding at least 20 people, police said. Rev Wilhelmus Tulak, a priest […]
Updated: Damaged roads, lack of gear hinder Indonesia quake rescue
Updated: 11am, 17th January, 2021Mamuju, IndonesiaAP Damaged roads and bridges, power blackouts and lack of heavy equipment on Saturday hampered rescuers after a strong earthquake left at least 49 people dead and hundreds injured on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. Operations were focused on about eight locations in the hardest-hit city of Mamuju, where people were still […]
Four killed in attack on Indonesian Salvation Army outpost
Four people have been killed when a Salvation Army outpost in central Sulawesi, Indonesia, was attacked on Friday morning, according to reports. The attack reportedly took place on the rural Lewono Lembantongoa Outpost at about 8am when attackers, wielding swords and firearms and reported as numbering up to 10, killed four people and set a church […]
Death toll from Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami tops 2,100 but hundreds still missing
The death toll from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has topped more the 2,100 but hundreds are still missing. Most of those who died were killed in the provincial capital of Palu, according to government officials. An estimated 68,000 homes were damaged, making some 80,000 people homeless as […]
After Indonesia quake, empowering coastal communities will save lives: UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation A week after a massive tsunami struck Indonesia, the UN disaster risk agency said on Friday Asia-Pacific governments must do more to empower coastal communities to protect themselves against the threat of earthquakes and tsunamis. On 28th September, a 7.5 magnitude quake and tsunami caused devastation on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing more […]
Indonesian Christians express heartbreak and hope after quake and tsunami hit Sulawesi
BosNewsLife Christians in Indonesia’s quake and tsunami-hit Sulawesi island say they have experienced miracles amid the devastation which has included the death of dozens of children at a Christian camp. In one location, a church is the only building still standing. Elsewhere, a Christian pilot claims the Holy Spirit made him leave three minutes early […]
Death toll from Sulawesi disaster passes 1,400
The death toll from the earthquake and tsunami on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has passed 1,400 amid as the scale of the disaster continues to become apparent. Authorities in Indonesia have now put the death toll at least 1,407 but it is expected to climb yet further with, alongside the widespread destruction in the cities […]