West Papua

An activist in the West Papuan town of Merauke says Indonesia will continue its "plunder" of the province whether or not it the transmigration policy stays.

A pro-independence activist in Papua says he doesn't believe the Indonesian President, who promised to stop the controversial policy of transmigration.

A pro-independence activist in Papua says he doesn't believe the Indonesian President, who promised to stop the controversial policy of transmigration.

A geopolitical storm is coming to a head in the Melanesian Spearhead Group as it considers a membership bid by West Papuans of Indonesia.

Indonesia's government is at odds with itself after a government minister contradicted calls from President Joko Widodo that there would be an end to the policy of moving masses of people to Papua and…

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has signalled an end to the country's transmigration programme to Papua region.

Rallies have been held in Indonesia's Papua region in support of a West Papuan application to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

Civil Society Groups in Fiji say Frank Bainimarama's support for Indonesia's bid to become an associate member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group is a concern.

A Solomon Islands MP is calling on the Melanesian Spearhead Group to ignore Indonesia and accept a West Papuan membership bid.

The administrations of Jayapura in Indonesia and Vanimo in neighbouring Papua New Guinea are to cooperate in the agricultural sector.

A total of 46 people were arrested on Thursday in Jayapura in Indonesia's Papua region during rallies in support of Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.

A Papuan separatist group, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, says as many as 30 of its members were arrested on Thursday by Indonesian security officials.

An armed group in Indonesia's Papua province has reportedly taken two soldiers along with a teacher hostage in Enarotali in Paniai District.

The police in Indonesia's West Papua detained 70 activists rallying in support of West Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group on Wednesday.

There are reports from Indonesia's West Papua province that a group of activists planning a peaceful demonstration in Manokwari have been arrested.

Indonesian police have reportedly arrested 12 miners and 17 citizens after a road blockade at the Freeport mine in Papua province.

An Indonesian organisation, the AIDS Prevention Commission, says that over ten percent of the population of the Papua town of Wamena is infected with HIV/AIDS.