Indonesia

Indonesia

Population237,424,363

CapitalJakarta

With over 75 ethnic groups across the archipelago of over 17,000 islands, Indonesia has faced demands for independence in several provinces and has experienced multiple subnational communal violent conflicts. Major independence struggles include Papua (Papua and West Papua Provinces), East Timor (now Timor-Leste) and Aceh , with the latter resulting in a historic peace agreement between the Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM, the Free Aceh Movement) and the government in August 2005. Other regions affected by internal conflict and communal violence include Maluku and North Maluku, Central Sulawesi, West and Central Kalimantan and the capital City of Jakarta. Major terrorist attacks in recent years have been reported to be connected to the groups Darul Islam and Jemaah Islamiyah.