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Vanuatu
- Vanuatu parliament brouhaha awaits court resolution
  
  June 11, 2021 | 0
  
  The Speaker of Vanuatu’s Parliament, Gracia Shadrach, has adjourned today’s session until Wednesday next week. Shadrach told parliament the adjournment…
- PM AND DPM SEATS DECLARED VACANT
  
  June 9, 2021 | 0
  
  By Hilaire Bule – Vanuatu Daily Post Speaker of Parliament, Gracia Shadrack announced yesterday morning that the seats of 19 Members…
- Land Ombudsman hopes Minister won’t sign land leases
  
  June 9, 2021 | 0
  
  Emil Mael says the latest proposed Land Amendments can go ahead to be passed by Parliament, as long as the…
- Vanuatu speaker sacks PM and 17 government MPs
  
  June 9, 2021 | 0
  
  The speaker of Vanuatu’s parliament has declared the seats of the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and 16 other…
- Legal challenge looms after Vanuatu speaker declares most govt seats vacant
  
  June 8, 2021 | 0
  
  The speaker of the Vanuatu parliament has declared the seats of the prime minister, the deputy prime minister and 16…
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’s ‘Silent Genocide’ mirrors past indigenous oppression
  
  July 4, 2021 | 0
  
  By Calum Rosie INDIGENOUS people of various cultures are being oppressed and killed the world over. As with native populations…
- Judge stays Vanuatu Speaker’s move
  
  June 9, 2021 | 0
  
  Vanuatu Supreme Court judge, Justice Oliver Saksak, has granted a stay on the vacation of 19 seats in the country’s…
- Fight for Sovereignty of West Papua (West New Guinea/ Netherlands New Guinea) in United Nations
  
  May 28, 2021 | 0
  
  Everything was created and done by foreigners so everything these foreigners deed were illegal and invalid against the rule of…
West Papua
- Interim President: Another bloody massacre in occupied West Papua
  
  June 9, 2021 | 0
  
  Media Statement Indonesian colonial forces have committed another bloody massacre, adding to the hundreds of thousands of West Papuans killed…
- Elon Musk’s SpaceX project could put Papuan lands and futures at risk
- Religious leaders in West Papua are calling on the United Nations to investigate allegations in West Papua
- Gen. WPRA Amunggut Tabi Invites Indonesian Christians to Join Free West Papua Campaign
- Give peace a chance in Papua
Papua New Guinea
- PNG: the hungry country
  
  June 3, 2021 | 0
  
  by Manoj K. Pandey, Stephen Howes Papua New Guinea (PNG) is often presented as a country with little hunger. The idea of…
- 5 Facts about Hunger in Papua New Guinea
- Sir Michael Somare, Papua New Guinea’s ‘Father of the Nation’, dies aged 84
- Papua New Guinea’s first prime minister Michael Somare dies
- Obituary: Sir Michael Somare, PNG founding father and consensus builder
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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