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Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Fiji's Opposition Leader Ro Teimumu Kepa has called on the government of Fiji to "stop its betrayal" of the people of...

By Evi Mariani and Apriadi Gunawan in Jekarta and Medan Indonesia's Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya paid a visit to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo...

By Scott Waide in Lae Madang Governor Peter Yama confirmed today that at least two Papua New Guinea Defence Force vessels were being sent to...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Manam volcano in Papua New Guinea has erupted again, reports journalist Scott Waide on his blog. This is his blog's picture of...

By RNZ Pacific A Papua New Guinea opposition MP has filed a criminal complaint against the Electoral Commissioner for alleged misdeeds in last year's general...

By Ivany Atina Arbi and Nethy Dharma Somba in Jakarta and Jayapura The 73rd celebration of Indonesia’s Independence Day last week was tinged with reports...

By Aloysius Laukai in Buka The people of Haku have demonstrated their commitment to the Bougainville peace process by reconciling former fighters from the Bougainville...

By RNZ Pacific A leading Samoan academic from Auckland University of Technology has been appointed to a key role at New Zealand's branch of United...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk A former Bougainville regional vice-president has condemned Australia for political interference over the independence referendum process, saying Canberra would be better...

Special report by Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific "We have no home, our village is devastated, therefore I have to move my people to another...

By Keith Jackson A letter from the former vice-chancellor of Papua New Guinea's University of Natural Resources and Environment (UNRE) in Rabaul says senior staff...

By Barbara Dreaver Battlelines are being drawn as New Zealand and Pacific countries lobby for an important appointment at the World Health Organisation. The region's health...

By Bong S Sarmiento in Mindanao Tactics used to target Filipino drug suspects are now being deployed against leftist activists and alleged supporters of an...

By Phelim Kine Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo did something extraordinary in his annual State of the Nation address this week - he issued a...

By Arnold Belau in Jayapura Police have violently broken up a peaceful action being held by the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) in...

By Glenn Banks and Martyn Namorong in Port Moresby Government revenues from Papua New Guinea’s mining, oil and gas sector have essentially dried up. With the...

By Bastian Tebai in Surabaya Indonesian police last night arrested 49 Papuan students who live at the Kamasan Papuan Dormitory in the East Java provincial...

When the host country Nauru banned the pool broadcaster, ABC, from the Pacific Islands summit set for next month, it was condemned widely for...

Tess Newton Cain talks to Ralph Regenvanu During a recent trip to Port Vila, Tess Newton Cain caught up with Ralph Regenvanu, Minister for Foreign...

ANALYSIS: By Ramzy Baroud, recently in New Zealand When Mike Treen, the national director of the Unite Union in New Zealand, arrived at the airport...

By Nethy Dharma Somba in Jayapura A plane crashed in the mountainous Gunung Menuk area in Pegunungan Bintang regency of Indonesia's Papua province on Saturday,...

By the Vanuatu Independent The Vanuatu government has appointed Lora Lini, daughter of founding prime minister Father Walter Lini, as special envoy for West Papua. United...