In the Southern Highlands, the political rivalry between sitting governor William Powi and his rival Joe Kobol played out in ...

The Indonesian administration of President Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo is sending mixed signals about a proposed amnesty to tens of thousands of Papuans convicted or facing charges for allegedly ...

The kidnapping was part of a long-running, often brutally violent conflict between the Indonesian government and West Papua's ...

The PNG PM who tried to crush the Bougainville rebellion with foreign mercenaries then became an unlikely ally for ...

The government, said Hariyanto, intends to resolve the Papua conflict peacefully. “We believe that decisions taken by the government, including those related to granting amnesty, will prioritize ...

The incident is thought to be linked to a conflict between Sikin, Ambulin and Kaekin tribesmen. Highland clans have fought each other in Papua New Guinea for centuries, but an influx of automatic ...

Papua continues to suffer due to the ongoing conflict between Indonesia and pro-Papuan independence groups. The Papuans want to free their region from Indonesian control, but Indonesia looks to ...

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Papua, a remote and impoverished yet resource-rich Indonesian province, is at risk of a descent into conflict that would likely destabilize the entire country. According to this report from ...

Crime and Politics in Papua New Guinea (Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press, 2001). For a comprehensive account of the Bougainville conflict and peace process see Anthony J. Regan, Light ...

A New Zealand pilot’s abduction focuses attention on Wellington and Canberra’s hands-off approach to the long-running conflict in Indonesia. The Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of ...

As the world closely watches Gaza and Ukraine, a source reaches out from another enclosed area of prolonged armed conflict: West Papua. A New Zealand pilot’s abduction focuses attention on Welli ...