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Nation building and Prime Minister Marape

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By PNG Echo. Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been an independent, legal State for over 44 years. Nevertheless, it is arguable whether it is a ‘nation/state’. Pulling together such a diverse population into one entity to form a nation is fraught with pitfalls. There are profound challenges that have not entirely been met taking into account the Bougainville vote for independence, the independence rumblings from other quarters, such as (but not exclusively) New Ireland and the strong prevailing regionalism whereby regions are often in conflict with one another. The State of PNG needs to put much more effort into ‘nation Continue reading Nation building and Prime Minister Marape→

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West Papua and PNG – Does no one see the hypocrisy?

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Let me first state categorically that what is happening in West Papua is wrong. It is a gross violation of human rights and I believe that the world should be intervening to bring an end to the atrocities – and the world includes PNG. As such, I am completely on board with the protests Governor Powes Parkop and Gary Juffa have been leading. But that’s just me. I believe that to some extent we are our brother’s/sister’s keeper and that national boundaries and nations themselves are artificial constructs and that we all are of the family of man. I don’t Continue reading West Papua and PNG – Does no one see the hypocrisy?→

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