President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has blamed a local armed group for the deadly riots in Wamena, Papua, last week, which killed at least 33 people, ordering authorities to hunt down those ...

The primitive tribe still live a very traditional existence due to the remoteness of their location, only reachable by plane. Situated at an altitude of 1,600 metres in the heart of the Cyclops ...

Wamena remained tense well into 2001, with high security at the jail where the Satgas Papua members and Panel leaders were being held. Outsiders were kept from monitoring the trials.

Ayong, a Wamena resident said there were around 5,000 evacuees scattered across several refuge points in Jayawijaya. “The main points are the Jayawijaya police station and military post.

Fires were raging in the town of Wamena after hundreds of students took to the streets on Monday to protest allegations of racism.. It was the latest uprising since late August, when at-times ...

Indonesia tightened security in the town of Wamena in the easternmost region of Papua, after 10 people were killed during a riot triggered by rumours that a child had been kidnapped, an official ...

Indonesian security forces have tightened security in the town of Wamena in the easternmost region of Papua, where nine people have been killed during a riot triggered by rumours about a child ...

Thousands of scared residents in Indonesia’s Papua scrambled to board military planes on Friday, fleeing urban unrest after one of the region’s deadliest eruptions of violence in years.

Of the casualties, 28 were in Wamena, a city in the Papua mountain region. Four others were killed in the provincial capital Jayapura. Advertisement.

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin departed for the Wamena district, Jayawijaya, Papua Pegunungan, on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The former Chair of the Indonesian Ulema Council announced ...