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Decolonisation in New Caledonia – who decides the future?
In this second of three articles from Noumea, Dr Lee Duffield learns about multicultural Kanaky/New Caledonia and the events that led to their referendum...
New Caledonia celebrates Bastille Day and thinks about independence
IN-DEPTH: By Dr Lee Duffield, recently in Kanaky/New Caledonia
The Quatorze Juillet (14 July) events in Noumea this month, as in any small French city,...
An open letter to Israel: The global ‘blockade busters’ ...
By Chris Graham on board the Al Awda
By the time you read this, I’ll be sailing on an old, converted fishing trawler from Sicily,...
Sylvester Gawi: Papua New Guinea, a dream of the new...
By Sylvester Gawi in Singapore
I hope you are reading this with ease and a positive mindset to help change the course of this beautiful...
‘It’s up to God and the land’ on Vanuatu’s Ambae volcano...
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Over the course of a week earlier this month, a French/Ni-Vanuatu documentary team ventured to the summit of Ambae’s...
PNG needs to ‘pull its weight’ over Bougainville vote, says Momis
By RNZ Pacific
The President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville has raised concerns that the Papua New Guinea Government is not pulling its weight...
Traumatised Papuan villagers flee Indonesian military in Nduga
By RNZ Pacific
Thousands of West Papuan villagers have reportedly fled from their homes in a remote regency due to conflict between Indonesian military forces...
Indonesia risks ending up with a doomed ‘can’t-do’ climate plan
By Warief Djajanto Basorie
Three hundred schoolchildren from the greater Jakarta area sat on a red carpet covering the cavernous Soedjarwo auditorium—named to honour the...
Indonesian anti-corruption watchdog arrests nine, including House member
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators have arrested nine people during a raid in Jakarta, including a member of the House of...
Freeport’s $3.8b divestment mine deal – what it actually means
By Stefanno Reinard Sulaiman in Jakarta
Four Indonesian ministers gathered to witness the signing of an agreement between state-owned mining holding group PT Indonesia Asahan...
Five Palestinians cheering for France at the World Cup 20 years...
By Marwan Bishara
Twenty years ago, I was asked by the General Council of the Parisian suburb Seine-Saint-Denis to invite four Palestinian youth to attend...
Why Indonesia must ratify the global nuclear weapon ban treaty
By Deandra Madeena Moerdaning in Vienna
A year ago on July 7, 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that pushes forward a...
Danish rescue diver praises Thai ‘cool’ kids in Mission Impossible
A Danish diver involved in the mission to successfully save 12 boys and their football coach from flooded Tham Luang cave in Thailand has...
Union leader Mike Treen to join Gaza-bound ‘freedom’ flotilla
Pro-Palestinian activists have taken to the seas in the latest Freedom Flotilla in a bid to reach Gaza. Richard Sudan reports from Denmark before...
Police claim raid on Papuan students to block ‘Bloody Biak’ film...
By Pebriansyah Ariefana in Surabaya
Indonesian police have revealed that police and military officers raided a Papuan student dormitory in the East Java provincial capital...
Jokowi, Mahathir discuss migrant worker protection, border deal
By Marguerite Afra Sapiie in Jakarta
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad have met for a bilateral talk, exploring issues ranging...
Mendi mayhem destroyed 42,000 vaccine shots for PNG children
By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's mayhem in the Southern Highlands capital of Mendi earlier this month caused destruction of 42,000 vaccine...
Indonesia beefing up disputed Papua border force in bid for minerals
By Albert Agua in Waigani
Indonesia is driving towards the Papua New Guinea border because of a recent discovery of huge mineral deposits in the...
Dan McGarry: Strings attached, please – but the choice isn’t so...
ANALYSIS: By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
It’s been widely reported that Prime Minister Charlot Salwai wants a new submarine cable for Vanuatu.
It’s at the...
Vanuatu plans cyber crime law to target Facebook ‘false claims’
Vanuatu Prime Minister Charlot Salwai, the Minister responsible for Telecommunications, has informed Parliament that a cyber crime bill currently being developed will address the...
Elisabeth Holland: Pacific climate change persistence – we’re all in the...
The University of the South Pacific’s environmental centre spearheading climate change research believes in working together for shared solutions, says Professor Elisabeth Holland. Video:...
Presidential hopeful Prabowo urges people to accept election bribes
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) chairperson Prabowo Subianto is encouraging people accept electoral bribes if they are offered basic commodities (sembako)...