Conflict resolution
East Timor’s first soap opera, ‘Suku Hali,’ mends fences with melodrama
Friday, September 24th, 2010CNNGo September 24, 2010 — Forget Australian caravan park and U.S. hospital dramas: “This is a story about Timorese life,” says 21-year-old Timorese actor Asala de Jesus, who will soon debut on the small screen in “Suku Hali,” East Timor’s first soap opera.
“When you come from the mountains you face many problems. It’s a true [...]
Returning IDPs rejected by villagers
Friday, April 2nd, 2010DILI, 11 May 2009 (IRIN) – Most of the people displaced in Timor-Leste by the violence of 2006 have returned home but for many, the biggest obstacle, apart from rebuilding their homes and lives, is making peace with the communities they left behind.
In April 2006, disaffected army troops clashed with pro-government soldiers in the capital [...]
Villagers seek peace through traditional rituals
Friday, April 2nd, 2010IRIN
DILI, 4 March 2009 (IRIN) – More than 2,000 people braved the heat on 28 February to attend a ceremony in Viqueque District that the government hopes will cool 50 years of tension.
Held in a suco (village) in Viqueque Town sub-district, the nahe biti bo’ot (“spreading the large mat”) ceremony was the result of a [...]