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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron
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Papua New Guineans accused of sorcery are frequently beaten, tortured, and murdered
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape
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Culture and Tourism Minister Belden Namah
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The Melanesian Spearhead Secretariat office in Port Vila
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West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG

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MSG leaders sign the two declarations - on climate crisis and subregional security
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MSG leaders defer Papua membership decision to Pacific Islands Forum

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August 25, 2023
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Filmmaker Kristo Langker nervously introduces his documentary with one of the Indonesian attack bombs that failed to explodevideo
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New documentary, human rights report allege Indonesian atrocities in West Papua

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A logging ship, Turubu Bay, East Sepik
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Plea for UN intervention over illegal PNG loggers ‘stealing forests’

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According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

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