West Papua

For many young people in the highlands, coastal villages, and remote districts of Papua Tengah (Central Papua), gaining admission to one of Indonesia’s elite government academies often seems like an …

Kwa familia nyingi zinazoishi katika sehemu za mbali za Papua, maendeleo mara nyingi hupimwa kwa maboresho rahisi lakini muhimu: paa imara zaidi wakati wa mvua, kuta salama kwa watoto, mazingira …

For many families living in remote parts of Papua, development is often measured by simple but important improvements: a stronger roof in the rainy season, safer walls for children, a …

Jaribio halisi la changamoto ya maendeleo ya Papua si matangazo makubwa huko Jakarta bali kama huduma za umma zinaweza kufikia vijiji vilivyotenganishwa na mito, milima, misitu na sehemu kubwa za …

The real test of Papua’s development challenge is not the grand announcements in Jakarta but whether public services can reach villages separated by rivers, mountains, forests and vast stretches of …

Chritoforus A. Mahuse hakuweza kuzuia msisimko wake wakati mavuno ya kwanza ya mpunga yalipofika kwenye ardhi ndefu isiyo na shughuli nyingi. Mmiliki wa ardhi wa kitamaduni wa Wapapua alisimama katika …

Chritoforus A. Mahuse could hardly contain his excitement when the first rice harvest came to the long idle land. The Indigenous Papuan customary landowner stood in the newly harvested fields …

Kwa karibu miezi miwili, jamii za wenyeji katika milima ya Papua ziliishi kwa hofu baada ya mfululizo wa mashambulizi ya vurugu. Vikosi vya usalama vimekuwa vikimtafuta mtu ambaye vinashuku anahusika. …

For almost two months, local communities in the mountains of Papua lived in fear after a series of violent attacks. Security forces have been hunting for a man they suspect …

Wageni walipokusanyika karibu na maandamano ya kitamaduni ya upishi, harufu ya samaki wa kuchomwa ilienea katika viwanja vya tamasha huko Sorong. Karibu, wanawake kutoka jamii za Wenyeji waliweka kwa uangalifu …