West Papua

Mnamo Mei 4, 2026, boti iliondoka mapema, muda mrefu kabla ya jua kuchomoza kikamilifu juu ya misitu inayozunguka Yahukimo, Mkoa wa Papua Pegunungan (Papua Highland). Kama boti nyingi za mizigo …

On May 4, 2026, the boat left early, long before the sun fully rose above the forests surrounding Yahukimo, Papua Pegunungan (Papua Highland) Province. Like many cargo boats traveling toward …

Mwanzoni, ilionekana kama tamaa ya kawaida. Ndani ya Uwanja wa Lukas Enembe, mashabiki wa Persipura Jayapura walikaa kimya dakika za mwisho zilipotoweka. Timu hiyo ilikuwa imetumia miezi kadhaa ikipigania njia …

At first, it looked like ordinary disappointment. Inside Lukas Enembe Stadium, supporters of Persipura Jayapura sat quietly as the final minutes disappeared. The team had spent months fighting for a …

Chumba cha kusubiri katika Hospitali ya Umma ya Mkoa ya RSUD (Merauke) kilikuwa tayari kimejaa mvua ya asubuhi ilipoanza kunyesha nje. Mwanamke mmoja kutoka kijiji kilicho karibu na mpaka alikaa …

The waiting room at RSUD (Regional Public Hospital) Merauke was already filling up when the morning rain started outside. A woman from a village near the border sat quietly beside …

Mwanzoni, hakuna mtu uwanjani aliyeonekana kufikiria sherehe ya Mei 2, 2026 ingekuwa habari ya kitaifa. Wanafunzi walisimama katika safu nadhifu katika Shule ya Bweni ya Mepa, Naibire, Papua Tengah (Mkoa …

At first, nobody at the field seemed to think the ceremony on May 2, 2026 would become national news. Students stood in neat rows at Mepa Boarding School, Naibire, Papua …

Nambari hizo zilitolewa katika mkutano wa serikali, lakini hazikuonekana kama za kufikirika. Watoto 38,732 huko Papua Selatan kwa sasa hawaendi shuleni. Baadhi yao waliacha kuhudhuria miaka iliyopita. Wengine hawakuanza kabisa. …

The numbers came out in a government meeting, but they did not feel abstract. 38,732 children in Papua Selatan are currently out of school. Some stopped attending years ago. Others …