"If we don't know how to involve young people in the development process, they can become a time bomb." With more than 60 per cent of Timor-Leste's population under 25, experts believe it will be the young people who will decide the outcome of the election: http://ab.co/2tfDoTB | ABC News

It's been 50-years since Indonesia’s invasion of Timor-Leste. The invasion came just days after Timor-Leste declared independence following the departure of its long-time colonial master Portugal. It’s estimated more than 100-thousand Timorese died in the next few years along from conflict and famine. More died in the two decades of brutal occupation that followed. Despite the passage of time, the memories of those dark days remain fresh in the minds of survivors. Vonia Viera with this report. |