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Indonesian President Holds First Cabinet Meeting in Future Capital Nusantara

HeadlineAug 16, 2024

In Indonesia, outgoing President Joko Widodo held his first Cabinet meeting in the country’s soon-to-be new capital Nusantara this week. This comes ahead of Saturday’s scaled-down Independence Day celebrations, as construction of Nusantara, on the island of Borneo, continues to face a series of challenges. Widodo announced plans in 2019 to shift Indonesia’s capital away from the heavily polluted and fast-sinking Jakarta. But Indigenous communities say they are being kicked off their land and have suffered health and other problems from the construction of the $30 billion project.

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