A new wave of violence has hit the restive Indonesian region of West Papua after hundreds of protesters, mostly high school students, set fire to several buildings in a town on Monday. At least 23 ...

West Papua borders the independent nation of Papua New Guinea. The island has some 245 different tribal peoples. Indigenous peoples in West Papua and Papua New Guinea speak some 15% of the world's ...

Protests continue in West Papua as the Pacific Islands Forum seeks access to assess the human rights situation.

Jayapura (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous population of West Papua rejects the plan of the new Indonesian government to resume the program of internal migration of people from Indonesian islands ...

The Free West Papua Campaign believes that there should be a referendum in West Papua over whether the islands should have independence. It claims tribes on the islands have suffered under the ...

ivil society organizations have condemned the assault committed by an unidentified group on environmental activist Sulfianto Alias in Teluk Bintuni regency, West Papua, on Friday, with one of the ...

The Pacific Islands’ voting patterns on Palestinian self-determination reveal the complex interplay of geopolitics, ...

The West Papua National Liberation Army says it holds Western countries, including New Zealand, responsible for supporting the Indonesian military. Separatist fighters in Indonesia’s Papua ...

Australia has signed deals with the Solomon Islands, Nauru and Papua New Guinea in moves seen as securing its clout as the ...

The rivalry between superpowers China and the United States is heating up in the Pacific, with both sides looking to cement ...