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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 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…
- Papua New Guinea – Dealing with a Triple Crisis
  
  February 26, 2021 | 0
  
  This publication is the sixth in the current series of PNG Economic Updates. It has two principal aimsFirst, it analyzes…
West Papua
- Gen. WPRA Amunggut Tabi Invites Indonesian Christians to Join Free West Papua Campaign
  
  March 28, 2021 | 0
  
  When Condemning the Islamic Terrorist Bombing in Makassar, Indonesia this morning, Gen. WPRA Amunggut Tabi says, “barbaric, inhuman, degrading humanity…
- 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
- West Papua: Man held for stealing soldier’s handgun
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
- 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
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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

News and Info from Across Melanesia

Sir Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea’s ‘Father of the Nation’, dies aged 84

Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea’s 1st prime minister, dies

Papua New Guinea’s first prime minister Michael Somare dies

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