Concern over Papua’s Special Autonomy (Otsus) Fund spread quickly across local governments and community discussions in early May after rumors began circulating that Jakarta planned to reduce the region’s Otsus…
In Jakarta, meetings between regional leaders and central government officials are often routine. This one was not. On April 13, 2026, six governors from Papua’s provinces came with a shared…
The talk about the Papua Special Autonomy Fund changed in a small but important way on April 13, 2026, in the Commission II Room of the Indonesian House of Representatives…
On a humid morning in Nabire, the capital of Indonesia’s youngest province, there is a familiar rhythm inside the local government office. Papers move from one desk to another. Phones…
For more than twenty years, Indonesia’s Special Autonomy policy for Papua has symbolized a national commitment to justice, inclusion, and accelerated development in one of the country’s most complex regions.…
For many Papuans, government policy is not just discussed in meeting rooms in Jakarta. It is felt in classrooms where children wait for teachers, in remote clinics that struggle to…
In the lush and mountainous land of Papua, development is not just measured in roads, bridges, or buildings—it is measured in how far remote communities can access schools, how quickly…