Residents of Indonesia’s Aceh province, the region hardest hit by the tsunami in December 2004, are seeking a “divorce” from the international aid group Oxfam because it has lagged on promises to ...
The Japanese town that was hit by a deadly tsunami three years ago is trying to prevent another disaster by building bigger seawalls to protect the port town of Ofunato where 32-foot waves hit. The ...
LAMNO, Indonesia, Jan. 14 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has found nearly 12,000 tsunami victims on northern Sumatra island whose urgent needs for shelter and aid had previously been unknown. "A ...
BANDA ACEH, December 14, (UNHCR) - After a massive three-month emergency relief operation in Indonesia's Aceh province in the immediate aftermath of the 26 December 2004 tsunami, the UN refugee agency ...