Indonesian treaty to end world’s oldest war

THE Indonesian government and rebels from Aceh province yesterday signed a landmark accord to end the 26-year separatist war on the tip of Sumatra island.

But the two sides left the issue of disarming the province to further negotiation.

The accord, signed in Geneva, Switzerland, grants Aceh wide-ranging autonomy but not does not allow for independence. The war has claimed 12,000 lives in the past decade.