Tag: Jakarta

Widodo, Mugabe stress need for stronger cooperation between Asia and Africa

(Eagle News, April 22) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe spoke of the need for a much stronger and more vital partnership between Asia and Africa during the 60th Asia-Africa summit in Jakarta where more than 30 heads of state from the two continents are attending. In their speeches, the two leaders who both chair the ongoing summit stressed the importance of strengthened cooperation between the two regions and the need […]

Indonesia police fire teargas ahead of court verdict on election

(Reuters) – Indonesian police fired teargas to disperse thousands of protesters outside the country’s top court in Jakarta on Thursday, as judges started delivering their verdict into last month’s disputed presidential election. Losing candidate Prabowo Subianto has asked the Constitutional Court to overturn the election result, saying the vote in the world’s third largest democracy was tainted by mass fraud. Judges started reading through their findings – estimated to be hundreds of pages long – […]