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Sir Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea’s ‘Father of the Nation’, dies aged 84
West Papua President Hon. Benny Wenda: Deep Condolences for Passing Away of Former Ghanian President H.E Jerry Rawlings
‘She set the benchmark’: trailblazing PNG politician Nahau Rooney dies, aged 75

Vanuatu
- New political party launched on Pentecost
  
  February 16, 2021 | 0
  
  As the declaration of a vacant seat in the Pentecost constituency looms, a new political party was launched on North Pentecost…
- Santo Farm targets 160,000kg of local Passion Fruit Extract for overseas export annually
  
  February 10, 2021 | 0
  
  Tropical Plantation on Santo plans to export 160,000 kilograms of passion fruit juice grown locally atop the plains of Beleru.…
- Warome raises West Papua Flag
  
  December 6, 2019 | 0
  
  By Len Garae Dec 2, 2019 Updated Dec 2, 2019. Vanuatu Daily Post Yesterday morning on December 1, the Morning Star West Papua…
- West Papua Solidarity March Today
  
  September 6, 2019 | 0
  
  By Jason Abel, Port Vila, Vanuatu The Vanuatu Government has voiced great concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in West…
- Upgraded Vanuatu Passport Launched
  
  July 29, 2019 | 0
  
  The 39th independence celebration in Port Vila commenced with the launching of the country’s upgraded passport yesterday. The upgraded passport is…
West Papua
- ‘This is nothing short of ethnic cleansing. They are systematically wiping us out’
  
  January 30, 2021 | 0
  
  Steve Sweeney talks to West Papuan independence leader BENNY WENDA about the struggle against brutal Indonesian occupation, his experiences of…
- TNI names 9 soldiers suspects for alleged torture, murder of 2 Papuans in Intan Jaya
- West Papua: Man held for stealing soldier’s handgun
- Indonesia accuses 14 West Papuan activists of treason for wanting to be free people. International intervention needed in Merouke, West Papua
- The US can no longer turn a blind eye to abuses in Papua
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Papua New Guinea
- Sir Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea’s ‘Father of the Nation’, dies aged 84
  
  February 26, 2021 | 0
  
  PNG’s Grand Chief led the country to independence in 1975 and served four terms as prime minister The man who…
- PNG PM James Marape briefed on Chinese investments
- NEC Approves Revitalized Village Courts Strategy
- What happened on Friday the 13th of November 2020 in haste and lust for POWER
- Statement by PM James Marape: Our country is built on democratic foundations that no one politician must break.
Bougainville
- James Marape: As Sabbath descends, I am at peace
  
  November 13, 2020 | 0
  
  All things happens for a reason in it’s season. To all people of PNG, don’t be uptight of what happened…
- ULMWP Congratulates Toroama
- Bougainvillean President Reiterates 4th Cabinet
- Bougainville voters back independence by landslide
- Bougainville referendum: voting begins amid scenes of jubilation
Solomon Islands
- Solomon Islands Opposition condemns Indonesia’s intentions to remove West Papuans from their motherland
  
  January 13, 2021 | 0
  
  The Leader of Solomon Islands Opposition, Hon. Matthew Wale condemns in the strongest term revelations that the Indonesian government intends…
- Foreign Minister, Honorable Jeremiah Manele: Solomon Islands Winds United Nations Seat
  
  June 18, 2020 | 0
  
  Foreign Minister, Hon Jeremiah Manele, announces that the Solomon Islands wins seat on United Nations Economic and Social Council for…
- Christmas Message by the Prime Minister Manasseh Damukana Sogavare, MP
  
  December 24, 2019 | 0
  
  My fellow Solomon Islanders, We have reached another milestone in our journey as a Christian country. Today we reach another…
- Third woman elected to Solomon Islands’ parliament
  
  December 16, 2019 | 0
  
  A third woman MP has been elected in Solomon Islands. Lillian Maefai registered an historic by-election win in the East…
- Solomons boost border security for Bougainville referendum
  
  November 20, 2019 | 0
  
  Police in Solomon Islands have beefed up security along the shared maritime border with Papua New Guinea, ahead of the…
Fiji
- Fiji warned on failings at home after winning UN human rights council role
  
  January 20, 2021 | 0
  
  Fiji won a fierce contest to head the global rights group, but coalition of NGOs says repression and abuses domestically…
- UN rights body picks Fiji politician in first ever presidential vote
- Flag upsets embassy, police act
- Fiji NGOs stand with Papua
- Melanesia group criticised for failure to look after its people
Kanaky
- New Caledonia govt collapses amid political unrest and assets sale
  
  February 4, 2021 | 0
  
  A coalition government in New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific has collapsed after pro-independence politicians resigned, citing persistent…
- Palika again calls for early New Caledonia referendum
- Post-referendum options raised in New Caledonia
- Vanuatu and New Caledonia sign free trade deal
- New Caledonians vote against independence, early referendum results suggest
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