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Peace process kick-started by tsunami


The Indian Ocean tsunami caused huge death and destruction when it smashed into northern Indonesia, but it also helped galvanise a peace process to end one of Asia's longest-running wars.
  • 15,000 killed in 30-year war
  • Peace deal signed after tsunami
  • Most displaced by war have now returned home

Rebels, who had been fighting for three decades for independence in the province of Aceh, signed a peace deal with the government eight months after the disaster. Challenges remain but progress has so far exceeded all expectations.

Around 15,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the war and hundreds of thousands uprooted. Most have now returned home.

Key facts


CIVIL WAR
Killed 15,000
Displaced 1999-2004 500,000-800,000 (estimate)
(Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre)
TSUNAMI
Killed 131,934 (Source: Indonesian Government)
Missing 37,066 (Source: Indonesian Government)
Displaced or homeless 500,000 (2005)
Lost their livelihoods 600,000 (U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)
Estimated needs for long-term recovery $5-5.5 billion (U.N. Office of the Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery)

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