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• James Marape, MP: My people , my country PNG March 17, 2020
  Yesterday National Security Council met and we elevated the Covid 19 ( corona virus ) to a National Security issue instead of just health issue. This pandemic is a cross cutting issue that affects social security , health of our country’s population and economy. And this is not the first health issue and scare and […]
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• Authoritis Take Hard Stance on Illegal Foreigners March 16, 2020
  Authorities have made it clear that any foreigner who is found to be of threat to National Security will be removed from Papua New Guinea. This is in accordance with Prime Minister James Marape’s warning earlier to any foreigners living and doing business in the country to respect and abide by PNG’s laws. Minister for […]
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• Armed conflict surges in Papua’s Mimika regency March 15, 2020
  Reports from West Papua indicate more deadly armed conflict in Mimika regency. The West Papua National Liberation Army claims responsibility for a series of attacks on security forces in the Indonesian-controlled territory since last week. A Liberation Army spokesman said its guerilla forces in Tembagapura shot dead an Indonesian soldier at the weekend. He also […]
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• Need to suspend democracy? There better be a good reason for it March 13, 2020
  When presidents make the consequential decision to suspend democracy, they usually do so at a critical juncture in history and with a grand purpose in mind. Would-be autocrats need to have a perfectly plausible excuse for why such a drastic decision is needed. When Egyptian military leader Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi decided in 2013 to […]
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• Indonesia says 1 soldier killed in ongoing Papua clash March 9, 2020
  TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s military said Monday that a soldier was killed in an ongoing clash between security forces and a rebel group near the world’s largest gold mine in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua region. The clashes, which began Feb. 29 near the Grasberg copper and gold mine in Papua province, had previously killed a […]
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• Villagers Flee to Escape Shootings in Indonesia’s Papua March 7, 2020
  By The Associated Press, March 7, 2020 JAKARTA, Indonesia — A weeklong shootout between security forces and a rebel group near the world’s largest gold mine in Indonesia’s easternmost Papua region has caused nearly 2,000 villagers to flee, officials said Saturday. The clashes, which began Feb. 29 near the Grasberg copper and gold mine in […]
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• West Papuans remain hopeful of Melanesian Spearhead Group prospects March 4, 2020
  The United Liberation Movement for West Papua remains hopeful it will be granted greater status in the Melanesian Spearhead Group. The Movement has observer status in the MSG, whose full members are Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia’s FLNKS group. Vanuatu will take over the group’s chairmanship from PNG when it […]
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