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Vanuatu
- Call for COI Secretary Livo Mele to resign
  
  March 10, 2021 | 0
  
  Compiled by Terence Malapa for Vanuatu DailyPost Campaign for Justice (C4J) is calling on the Secretary of the Commission Of…
- Vanuatu to lose visa free access to the EU and UK
  
  March 5, 2021 | 0
  
  By WIC News Reporter Citizenship by Investment Programme has become the hallmark for high net worth individuals to travel visa-free to…
- 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…
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
Featured
- Sir Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea’s ‘Father of the Nation’, dies aged 84
  
  February 26, 2021 | 0
- Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea’s 1st prime minister, dies
  
  February 26, 2021 | 0
- West Papuan leader calls for all forces to unite behind government in waiting
  
  January 17, 2021 | 0
- Netherlands becomes 83rd state calling for UN visit to West Papua
  
  January 13, 2021 | 0
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
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…
Oceania Asia
- Makassar Church Bombers Are Husband and Wife: Police
  
  March 29, 2021 | 0
  
  BY :THE JAKARTA GLOBE Jakarta. Two suicide bombers who launched Sunday’s attack on a catholic church in Makassar, South Sulawesi…
- How the Milk Tea Alliance has teamed up with the ‘West Papua Spring’
- Veronica Koman challenges Jakarta’s different stands on Burma and Papua
- Former Cook Islands PM is the new Secretary General of the PIF
- West Papuan people’s reps reject Jakarta draft
Uncategorized
- West Papuan churches call for UN to come to Papua
  
  April 19, 2021 | 0
  
  The West Papua Council of Churches has called on the United Nations to intervene in what it describes as a…
- West Papua: Indonesian terror attacks force 1,000 people to flee
  
  March 5, 2021 | 0
  
  More than 1,000 West Papuan civilian refugees have fled from the Intan Jaya region to the forest since 15 February…
- West Papuan Genocide Continues – Can Diplomacy And International Institutions Redeem Themselves?
  
  March 4, 2021 | 0
  
  On February 9, West Papuan Interim President Benny Wanda warned of new plans by the Indonesian government to divide the…
West Papua
- Religious leaders in West Papua are calling on the United Nations to investigate allegations in West Papua
  
  April 20, 2021 | 0
  
  Religious leaders in West Papua are calling on the United Nations to investigate allegations of human rights abuse and a…
- Gen. WPRA Amunggut Tabi Invites Indonesian Christians to Join Free West Papua Campaign
- Give peace a chance in Papua
- ‘This is nothing short of ethnic cleansing. They are systematically wiping us out’
- TNI names 9 soldiers suspects for alleged torture, murder of 2 Papuans in Intan Jaya
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…
- Papua New Guinea’s first prime minister Michael Somare dies
- Obituary: Sir Michael Somare, PNG founding father and consensus builder
- PNG PM James Marape briefed on Chinese investments
- NEC Approves Revitalized Village Courts Strategy
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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…
Melanesia Business
- MIS: Many Melanesian Leaders Trapped into Malay-Indos Game (Woman & Money)
  
  July 24, 2019 | 0
  
  What West Papuans know is more than what other Melanesians know about Indonesia West Papuans are the best Melanesians on…
- Chief calls for custom governance system implementation
- Plant to Develop Affordable Housing for Low and Middle Income Families in Port Moresby
- Long Woes for Fresh Water to End for Motu-Koitabu Villages
- Melanesian Cup Consultation successfully conducted with Vanuatu Football Federation