Category: DFAIT Briefers

Biography: PM Edison Waromi, WP Transitional Government

SUMMARY: A comprehensive biography of Edison Waromi, Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of West Papua (2011–) that can be equally viewed as the biography of a Melanesian nation-state, prepared by Louise Byrne for the 2013 Australian Anthropological Society Conference

Old song, New singer. Will Jokowi let West Papua go?

MEDIA RELEASE, 30 JULY 2014 Old song, New singer: will Jokowi liberate West Papua? During his two terms, outgoing Indonesian President Bambang Yudhoyono maintained the status quo with West Papua. West Papuans are hoping president-elect Widodo’s reign will be different.

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