Jakarta – Separatist guerrillas and the military in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya have agreed on an immediate ceasefire, the…
West Papua
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September 30, 1998
September 29, 1998
Peter Waldman, Mount Jaya – At 13,000 feet up this remote crag, Steve Drake, operations chief of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.'s huge…
July 29, 1998
Jakarta – The Irianese community in Jakarta called on President B.J, Habibie yesterday to grant immediate autonomy to their home province and…
December 20, 1997
Louise Williams – Food stocks in drought-stricken regions of Irian Jaya are almost exhausted and up to 20 per cent of the population of some…
November 19, 1997
Linda Kaucher – President Suharto is refusing to declare West Papua a disaster area despite calls from within his own government to do so. More…
October 17, 1997
Jakarta – Another 17 people have died in drought stricken Irian Jaya, taking the toll to 462, a report says.
On the other hands, another 90,…
October 16, 1997
Jakarta – At least 416 people in Indonesia's remote Irian Jaya province have died of famine and disease and nearly 90,000 face serious food…
August 22, 1997
Jakarta – One villager was killed and three soldiers were injured when tribesmen used bows and arrows to attack an Indonesian army…
August 1, 1997
Attempts by the Indonesian security forces to quell disturbances which began on 21 August 1997 in the Timika area of Irian Jaya - Indonesia's…
June 17, 1997
Landowners in Indonesia's Irian Jaya province have burned down six new houses built for migrants under a transmirgration resettlement…
June 13, 1997
Jayapura, Irian Jaya – Twelve members of a security disturbance group (GPK) along with 10 adults and 11 children who had been hiding…
March 8, 1997
Jakarta – At least six people had been killed as tribal clashes in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya entered a second day yesterday, local…
February 26, 1997
Washington DC – In the wake of last week's announcement that Freeport-McMoRan Cooper and Gold would be developing the Busang gold reserves in East…
January 28, 1997
Jakarta – Three tribal chiefs in Fakfak regency, Irian Jaya have given 390,000 hectares to the Ministry of Transmigration and the Irian Jaya…




