A verse testimonial about PNG's women-led Hauskuk Initiative presented by Naomi Woyengu at an international disaster risk ...

FfD4 recognised that debt, climate and inequality are intertwined and that debtor countries need to create collective platforms, say Nixon, Surie and Su.

Pacific leaders facing a geostrategic tug-of-war should choose their own paths, aligned with their laws and cultures, says Celsus Talifilu.

In the Pacific, food is more than sustenance — it is identity, culture and community. Yet for many Samoan families, food has increasingly become a source of concern rather than comfort. In Samoa, the ...

Kanji Watanabe, the senior Japanese bureaucrat who is the central character in Akira Kurosawa’s movie Ikiru, learns he has terminal cancer. After decades of stamping meaningless files, he realises he ...

In Indonesia, every president carries a nickname reflecting how they wish to be remembered or how their supporters choose to frame them. Sukarno, the nation’s first president, is still celebrated as ...

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Locally led development should above all focus on the truly local sites where disadvantage and local political leadership occur, says Mark Moran.

Upon reclaiming power, the Taliban banned girls from schools above year six and women from work, with few exceptions, such as in the health sector. These regressive and stringent policies have exacted ...

This report sheds light on the nature of political will towards anti-corruption reform in PNG, through a rapid political economy analysis approach, with a view to informing and improving policy ...

Information on the number of registrations for the ballot for Australia’s new Pacific Engagement Visa has been released. 56,127 people across the Pacific applied for the visa by registering for the ...