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PNG woman tortured and killed in horrifying video over ‘sorcery’
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
A Papua New Guinean woman accused of killing a two-year-old boy through sorcery was assaulted, tortured and killed after...
Papuan resistance slams Indonesian internet gag amid leader crackdown
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Indonesia has cut off the internet in West Papua to conceal its crackdown on the peaceful liberation movement, says a leading...
‘Step up’ over Carterets food crisis, PNG minister warns rich nations
By Richard Ewart on ABC's Pacific Beat
Papua New Guinea's Minister for Climate Change is calling on the international community to take responsibility for a...
Fuimaono Dylan Asafo: Samoan ruling an unfortunate case of judicial overreach
ANALYSIS: By Fuimaono Dylan Asafo
Samoa's Court of Appeal (CA) ruled yesterday that Article 44(1A) of the Constitution requires that six women should sit in...
Prasad condemns Fiji AG’s attack on FRIEND as ‘shameful, disgraceful’
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama describes FRIEND as a "proxy for the opposition". Video: Fiji Village
By Dhanjay Deo in Suva
Opposition National Federation Party (NFP) leader...
Samoa’s two leaders both keen to meet following appeal court ruling
RNZ Pacific
The leaders of Samoa's two main political parties have finally found something to agree upon since the April 9 general election - they...
Samoan court voids appeal over additional women’s seat
RNZ Pacific
A Court of Appeal decision today may pave the way for the FAST party to assume control of the Samoan government.
Samoa's Court of...
Papuan armed resistance insists talks with Jakarta must be mediated by...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
West Papua National Liberation Army-Free Papua Organisation (TPNPB-OPM) spokesperson Sebby Sambom says the armed resistance force is not prepared to hold...
Fiji’s Navy — a clear and present covid danger to Fiji
By Michael Field of The Pacific Newsroom
Fiji stands on the edge of covid-19 disaster because some 50 navy officers blatantly broke quarantine rules to...
Samoa’s Fiame condemns defeated PM Tuilaepa’s ‘perverse’ actions
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's incoming leader has condemned the actions of the former government and demanded it hand over power.
Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, speaking formally as the...
The Fiji Times: A warning – funerals are the common exposure...
COMMENT: By Fred Wesley, editor-in-chief, The Fiji Times
Bula.
The big announcement last night must be a very firm reminder for us all in Fiji about...
Fiji records 46 fresh covid cases – highest recorded in a...
By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva
Forty six people from Fiji's central division where the capital Suva is located, have covid-19 taking the...
Police break up protest against Papua special autonomy, 140 arrested
By Charles Maniani in Manokwari, West Papua
A joint unit of Indonesian military and police have broken up a West Papuan rally against the extension...
Samoa Observer: The Attorney-General’s fall from grace
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer's editorial board
Amid a mountainload of work this week in the Attorney-General’s Office – as the caretaker government’s lawyers...
Samoan A-G recalls statement critical of judiciary as ‘olive branch’ offered...
RNZ Pacific
Samoa's Attorney-General has recalled a scathing media release questioning the integrity of the country's judiciary.
The release demanded that the judges appointed to hear...
Attorney-General’s office attacks Chief Justice as Samoan political crisis deepens
By Barbara Dreaver, TVNZ One News Pacific correspondent
Samoa’s deepening political crisis has taken yet another turn today after the Attorney-General’s office launched an astounding...
Timor government may punish public officials who refuse covid vaccination
By Antonio Sampaio in Dili
The Timor-Leste government may apply disciplinary action to public officials doing face-to-face work who refuse to take the vaccine, while...
Fiame calls for Tuila’epa to end Samoa’s ‘enormous assault’
By Jamie Tahana, RNZ Pacific journalist
Samoa's incoming prime minister has called for the caretaker Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) government to relinquish power so...
Samoan democracy hangs in the balance as a constitutional arm wrestle...
ANALYSIS: By Patricia A. O'Brien, Georgetown University
New battlelines in Samoa’s ongoing political crisis were drawn this week. After an evening swearing-in ceremony on the...
Indonesian police crack down on ‘free Yeimo’ West Papuan protests
RNZ Pacific
Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region.
The protesters were yesterday calling for the release of pro-independence...
Fiji-deported USP vice-chancellor Ahluwalia gets new contract
By Samisoni Pareti in Suva
The governing body of the University of the South Pacific has put a stop to a long and bitter campaign...
Wantok students from 6 nations form solidarity Melanesian club at AUT
By Laurens Ikinia
Students from six Melanesian countries and territories in the Pacific -- Fiji, Kanaky/New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and West...