Tag: Melanesia

RNZ Pacific West Papuan rebels seeking independence in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian region claim to have killed nine soldiers after Jakarta did not respond to a...

Jubi News in Jayapura An indigenous Papuan negotiation team has traversed rugged highlands forests in the Indonesian-ruled Melanesian province in search of the New Zealand...

By Len Garae in Port Vila Former Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman says allowing Indonesia -- by former Prime Minister Sato Kilman -- into the...

RNZ News An Indonesian human rights researcher has condemned the Papuan rebels who have taken a New Zealand pilot hostage and gone into hiding in...

By Len Garae in Port Vila West Papua independence campaigner Benny Wenda is in Vanuatu to meet Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau's newly-installed government. Wenda said...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby An angry tirade on Papua New Guinea and Indonesia border issues in the PNG Parliament yesterday is likely to...

CHRISTMAS MESSAGE: By Benny Wenda As 2022 draws to a close, I would like to thank everyone who has supported the West Papuan struggle this...

OPEN LETTER: The Ōtepoti Declaration by the Indigenous Caucus of the Nuclear Connections Across Oceania Conference On the 61st anniversary of the first raising of...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk A Papuan student advocacy group has called for the establishment of a future Aotearoa New Zealand scholarship for West Papuans to...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has condemned the absence of West Papua in last week's Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) official...

By Laurens Ikinia Students from six Melanesian countries and territories in the Pacific -- Fiji, Kanaky/New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and West...

By RNZ Pacific Former Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna has been narrowly elected as the new secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum after a...

By Laurens Ikinia A journalist who sailed on board the bombed environmental ship Rainbow Warrior, was arrested at gunpoint in New Caledonia while investigating French...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk West Papuan leaders have begun forming a "provisional government" in defiance of a crackdown by Indonesian security forces and have pledged...

SPECIAL REPORT: By Philip Cass in Brisbane Melanesia Media Freedom Forum - Day One: The problems of operating in the Pacific and the impact of online...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk A senior Jakarta Post managing editor has predicted it is possible that West Papua may face a self-determination vote following the...

By Michael Andrew Media freedom in Melanesia will be the focus of the next edition of Pacific Journalism Review in partnership the Melanesian Media...