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ANALYSIS: By Dr Michael Leach in Dili Twenty-one parties will contest 65 parliamentary seats and decide who governs Timor-Leste in national elections this Saturday. In a...

By Konradus Epa in Atambua, Indonesia Rostiana Bareto experienced tough living conditions as a refugee when she and her family settled in Atambua, western Timor,...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk The European Union and the Pacific Community have signed an agreement to build resilience to future El Niño-related droughts in the...

By Euan Black in Jakarta An Indonesian woman who worked in Saudi Arabia for 22 years has been paid for the first time after being...

EMTV News interview with PNC leader Peter O'Neill after the Morobe defeats. Video: EMTV News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Despite losing four People's National Congress (PNC)...

ANALYSIS: By Rod Campbell As much of the world watched the G20 last week, another leaders’ summit was on in Fiji. Fiji will chair the next...

Yanto Awerkion, a West Papuan local independence leader, remains imprisoned after being arrested the Indonesian security services for collecting signatures on an Avaaz petition...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Cyber "provocation" -- through social media -- is one of the biggest challenges being faced by the Indonesia's national police (Polri)...

ANALYSIS: By Dr Tarek Cherkaoui Diplomatic quarrels in the Arabian Peninsula have a long history, and small Gulf States, such as Qatar, align themselves with...

By Delly Waigeno in Port Moresby Another major road construction in Port Moresby, the Koura Way, is expected to be completed in September. It is being...

OPINION: By Gary Juffa, Governor of Oro and a candidate in the PNG general election Papua New Guinea's incoming government must put a list of...

UN disarmament chief Izumi Nakamitsu flags new challenges facing the disarmament agenda in the 21st century. Video: UN News Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Timor-Leste and Indonesia...

By Bob Makin of Vanuatu Digest in Port Vila Pastor Tallis Obed Moses has been sworn in as President of the Vanuatu Republic. Nineteen votes secured...

By JV Arcena of InterAksyon in Manila Saying the Philippines needs to wage the long, hard fight against terrorism but cannot do it at the...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk As Pacific leaders gather in Fiji, civil society groups are urging them to take the strongest possible climate message to the...

By Rizky Andwika in Jakarta Indonesia's Coalition to Safeguard the National Human Rights Commission has conducted research on the track record of 60 National Human...

Polling starts in PNG's Jiwaka province. Video: EMTV News By Vasinatta Yama in Kurumul, Papua New Guinea Polling for Papua New Guinea's Jiwaka province -- created...

By Giff Johnson in Majuro Ambassadors to the United States from the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands are seeking information about officer-involved...

Prime Minister Peter O'Neill casts his vote in home village of Kauwo. Video: EMTV News By the EMTV News elections coverage team Papua New Guinea Prime...

OPINION: By Gary Juffa, current Governor of Oro and a candidate in these elections I suspect that these Papua New Guinea elections have been so...

EMTV News coverage on the PNG elections. By Vasinatta Yama of EMTV News reporting from Wabag Enga provincial election manager Anton Iamau says Enga is ready...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk One of our University of Papua New Guinea citizen journalists has been on the ground photographing polling around Port Moresby -...