Articles tagged ‘Central Sulawesi’

Economics often the cause of tensions in Indonesia

By Nick | May 2nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »

Indonesia, the worlds’ largest archipelago, has 180 ethnic groups. Some would say ‘lucky them’, others would say ‘ poor them’. Diversity can be a wonderful thing, but it can also be the fault line that people use to discriminate along, in times of economic hardship.

 

Police kill terrorists in raid in Central Java

By Nick | April 29th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

Indonesian police have killed 2 terrorists, in a raid on a house in Central Java. Most of the religious trouble in Indonesia starts in Central Java, with troublemakers exporting their ideas and bombs, to places like Bali, Ambon, Central Sulawesi.