Featured News updates on and from Melanesia
by Voreqe Bainimarama, SOLOMON ISLANDSJune 28 Leaders’ plenary statement – Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders Summit, Honiara, Solomon Islands. … Continue reading PM Makes Case For West Papua, Closer Relations
Dr. Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka, originally from the Solomon Islands, is an associate professor at the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, … Continue reading OPINION: MSG, West Papua Now It’s Down To The Wire
PHIL FITZPATRICK – MELANESIA is an ill-defined concept. The word comes from the Greek and means ‘black islands’. The term … Continue reading The curse of the Melanesian Way. Can Melanesia govern itself?
radionz.co.nz – Two Indonesian army officers have been arrested for allegedly killing two men and injuring two others in Papua … Continue reading Two Indonesian army officers arrested for Papua killing
Thank you, Dr Fullilove. Member of the Diplomatic Corps, Business Leaders, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to … Continue reading Address by Hon. Peter O’Neill CMG MP, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea at the Lowy Institute for International Policy
The spokesperson for the global Free West Papua Campaign claims up to 1000 police and military deployed to the Timika … Continue reading Claims of torture by security forces in West Papua
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola, is in Indonesia to lead the official visit of … Continue reading Ratu Inoke Leads MSG Ministers In West Papua Talk
As the battle raged at the border, villagers along the West Coast of Vanimo, by hook or crook, would be … Continue reading The Struggle for Independence in West Papua
In 1983, Andy Ayamiseba and the rest of the Black Brothers band descended from their flight to Port Vila’s Bauer … Continue reading The long walk to freedom
The question is whether or not they or we as a people of Melanesia are up to it or able … Continue reading Bonny Kaiyo: OPM, BRA, and the Malaita Eagle Force
