West Papua

While the percentage of Papuans has fallen catastrophically in some regions of West Papua, particularly in urban centres, they still make up the vast majority of the population in the Highlands. Audio

New statistics on the ethnic composition of Indonesia's Papua region indicate that the indigenous West Papuans are not yet the minority there. Audio

A large new purpose-built market for West Papuan women vendors is beginning operations in downtown Jayapura.

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has reportedly warned his military chief about his behaviour after he suspended military ties with Australia over material involving West Papua province.

Indonesia's foreign minister has urged Australian authorities to act against a protestor who scaled the roof of the country's consulate in Melbourne and displayed a West Papua flag.

Indonesia is set to restore military ties with Australia after suspending them earlier this week amid claims inappropriate laminated material was used at an Australian training centre in Perth.

Indonesia's decision to halt military cooperation with Australia could be linked to the West Papua issue says the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The Indonesian government has asked the regional administration of West Papua to speed up its preparation for the construction of a railway in the province.

Differences in approach between Indonesian and West Papuan representatives reached a head at Melanesian Spearhead Group meetings in Vanuatu last week.

The face of West Papuan society is changing but RNZ International found that the core ideology of these Melanesian people is not easily destroyed. Video

Four more people have been charged with treason after demonstrating for West Papuan self-determination on Monday.

The prime minister of Vanuatu says his country's position on West Papua remains unchanged and will not change.

Two West Papuans have been charged with treason after being arrested by Indonesian police for staging a demonstration in Jayapura on Monday.

Melanesian Spearhead Group foreign ministers are meeting in Port Vila to discuss membership, with West Papuan pro-independence leaders in town en masse.

A series of Melanesian Spearhead Group meetings are taking place this week in Vanuatu's capital to look at the group's membership guidelines.

Children are reported to be among the hundreds arrested from West Papua demonstrations in Indonesian cities yesterday.

Indonesian police have arrested at least 300 people in cities across the republic for a Papua demonstration, according to reports from West Papua.

There are signs of more imminent arrests of West Papuan demonstrators in towns across Indonesia's Papua region.

An Indonesian air force transport plane has crashed into a mountain, killing all 13 people board during a training exercise in the Papua region.