The Indigenous communities also complained of the intensified presence of the military in their areas. Papua has long been the most militarized region of Indonesia, the result of a long-running ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The indigenous people of Merauke held an audience with Committee II of the South Papua Regional Government Council at the Merauke District Office, Papua, on Monday, December 2, ...

In the southern part of West Papua, Christian communities have erected 1,400 crosses to prevent the takeover of indigenous land. Photo Credit: CSI. Christian Solidarity International's statement ...

More than 40,000 indigenous people, or around 80 percent of Merauke’s indigenous population, will be affected by the food estate project. These tribes rely on the forest as their main source of ...

A recent example is Archbishop Petrus Canisius Mandagi of Merauke supporting the controversial state-backed food projects in southern Papua, despite the Papuans’ rejection of the initiative. The ...

Indigenous peoples, impacted by climate change, raise alarm about the planet at COP29 Show all 13. Your support helps us to tell the story. ... Location: Unda village, Papua New Guinea ...

The situation is more complex than this dichotomy, the researchers told Mongabay. Kahuzi-Biega National Park used to be home to thousands of Indigenous Batwa people before they were forcibly ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Pope Francis’s visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part of the South Pacific island nation where Christianity is a recent addition to traditional ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Pope Francis’s visit to Papua New Guinea will take him to a remote part of the South Pacific island nation where Christianity is a recent addition to traditional ...

While Christian churches are full, Indigenous “customs and traditions are very much rooted,” Ravaioli said. “Sometimes for people, it’s not easy to live Christianity 100% because they have ...