Head Hunters

In a development project gone terribly wrong, the Dayak people are attacking Madurese immigrants who came to the Kalimantan province of Borneo over the last fifty years as part of a government effort to relive overpopulation in other parts of Indonesia.  As a consequence, the Dayaks feel increasingly marginalized as economic development in Kalimantan passes them by. In the last month, the violence has accelerated dramatically and the Madurese are evacuating as the government seems unable to stop the violence.  

• Special Report: Indonesia in Conflict Asia Source
• Dayaks Rampage Through Indonesia New York Times
• Analysis: Behind the Borneo Violence BBC
• Behind Borneo's Ethnic Clashes National Geographic News
• Borneo Violence 'Out of Control' Washington Post
• Thousands Flee Borneo Violence Washington Post
• Savage Attacks Terrorize Migrants on Borneo Washington Post
• Toll of Ethnic Violence in Indonesia Reaches 200 New York Times
• Ethnic Clashes in Borneo Kill More Than 100 Washington Post