Dozens of airport staff pushed a plane that skidded off a runway due to a burst tyre. The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX ...

Wamena, the capital of the Jayawijaya district with a population of just over 100,000, is the largest town in the central highlands of Papua. Eyewitnesses report that expectations of imminent ...

What the government is not telling us In Wamena in Papua’s Jayawijaya regency there is a customary belief that women and children are innocent, that’s why the men have to protect them.

The Cartenz Peace Task Force has handed over 2 members of Indonesian National Police as suspects of illegal ammunition ...

It began as an outré dance subculture initiated by teens in the West Papuan highlands. Now, is wisisi set to become international dance music’s best kept secret?

Situated at an altitude of 1,600 metres in the heart of the Cyclops Mountains, Wamena is the only town in the valley though it is estimated that 250,000 Dani live in the region, with the valley ...

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 authorities should independently investigate recent riots in Wamena, Papua that resulted in 33 deaths, Human Rights Watch said today. Since, September 29, 2019, at least 8,000 ...

Banner image: A truck skids off the Trans Papua road that connects Jayapura and Wamena in Indonesia’s Papua province. Image by Gerson Wetapo for Mongabay Indonesia.

A spokesman for the Papua military, Eko Daryanto, said at least 16 civilians, including 13 from other Indonesian provinces, were killed in Wamena, mostly after they were trapped in burning houses ...

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Dozens of airport staff pushed a plane that skidded off a runway due to a burst tyre. The Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX ...