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By Serah Aupong in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's long standing university student unrest is costing the country's higher education sector financially, and is also...

A group of men armed with bush knives attacked a student last night in the male dormitories at Papua New Guinea's University of Technology...

By Denise Yeo A two-week journalism stint in Fiji, dubbed “Bearing Witness”, has lent new perspectives on the effects of climate change on AUT journalism...

Members of Sydney’s Pacific Islander community and supporters are kayaking down Sydney Harbour to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s harbourside residence today to protest against...

When EMTV News arrived at the UPNG main campus yesterday, students were armed with bush knives, stones, sticks and metal bars as they chased...

The Solomon Islands and Vanuatu have condemned the "unresolved" human rights violations in West Papua by Indonesian security forces, saying they have continued in...

Black smoke was billowing from the University of Papua New Guinea Uniforce security base at Waigani today after cars were set ablaze. A UPNG staff...

By Charles Yapumi in Vanimo West Papuans who have been living in Papua New Guinea for many decades will be granted citizenship soon. The PNG Immigration...

Senior police officers have been given a week's refresher training in the use of firearms following an uproar over the force opening fire on...

By Sally Pokiton in Port Moresby An urgent application filed by the Students Representative Council president Kenneth Rapa against the University of Papua New Guinea...

"Shoot me!" The voices of Sri Lankan refugees - a heartbreaking video. Indonesian authorities refuse to allow the 44 Sri Lankans  leave a boat...

After monitoring 20 months of the human rights situation in Papua and West Papua provinces under Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s administration, the Asian Human...

By Vanuatu Daily Digest "Warm Waters’" a photoessay on climate change by Russian photojournalist Vlad Sokhin, is the best piece of reporting on climate change in...

By Shiyal Devi in Lautoka, Fiji The Melanesian Spearhead Group is expected to deliberate on West Papua's bid to become a full member of the...

ANALYSIS: By La'o Hamutuk in Dili Timor-Leste signed a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement this month with the French company Bolloré to build and operate a...

By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila A Vanuatu government team left for Port Moresby today to conduct an on-the-ground assessment of the crisis at...

By Philip Kepson in Wabag The Engan students at the University of Goroka have called on the Papua New Guinea government to investigate what was...

By Benny Mawel in Jayapura The West Papua National Committee claimed that more than 1000 of its members have were detained by Indonesian police during...

By Anthony Kaybing in Buka, Bougainville The shooting of university students by the Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary in Port Moresby last week has been...

The Australian West Papua Association has condemned the arrest of 65 KNPB (National Committee of West Papua) and student activists in Sentani and 4...

Vice-chancellor Derek McCormack of Auckland University of Technology has described the weekend massacre in Orlando, Florida, as "profoundly shocking" and he has extended the...

By Godwin Ligo in Port Vila The Vanuatu Ambassador to Brussels, Roy Mickey Joy, says the Melanesian Spearhead Group  is too politicised, has lost its...