Indonesia, Papua New Guinea Agree to Bolster Defense Cooperation

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin met with his Papua New Guinean counterpart Billy M. Joseph in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Monday, July 7, 2025. The meeting between Sjafrie and Joseph resulted in several agreements …

Arrow Minerals still in the dark over Guinea tenements amid govt review

Exploration and development company Arrow Minerals remains in voluntary trading suspension on the ASX as it awaits clarity from Guinean authorities regarding the status of its exploration tenements, amid a government review that has cast uncertainty over …

The Doctrine of Intertemporal Law and the Challenge of Decolonising the Law on Territorial and Boundary Issues in Africa:...

Introduction On 19 May 2025, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered judgment in Land and Maritime Delimitation and Sovereignty over Islands (Gabon/Equatorial Guinea). The Court relied on a 1900 boundary treaty between the Parties’ former …

Guinea: One year after the enforced disappearance of FNDC activists, abductions increase in a ‘climate of terror’

Guinean authorities must urgently reveal the fate and whereabouts of National Front for the Defence of the Constitution (Front national de défense de la Constitution – FNDC) activists Oumar Sylla and Mamadou Billo Bah, who were forcibly disappeared a year …

Foreign Ministry Mourns Demise Of Zainab Momodu, Acting Head Of Nigerian Embassy In Guinea-Bissau

2 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced with deep sorrow the sudden demise of Mrs. Zainab Joy Momodu, Acting Head of Mission (Chargé d’Affaires ad interim) at the Embassy of Nigeria in Guinea-Bissau, who passed on at the Military Hospital in Bissau …

Amnesty denounces 'climate of terror' as Guinea junta steps up disappearances

The organization says journalists, activists and human rights defenders have been especially targeted for disappearance. It singles out Oumar Sylla and Mamadou Billo Bah, members of the Front national de défense de la Constitution (FNDC) who were abducted …

Arrow remains unclear about Guinea status, with no formal correspondance from government forthcoming

The King welcomes the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea to Highgrove House

The King welcomed the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea, James Marape, to Highgrove House on Monday. His Majesty received the Prime Minister in audience at his tranquil Gloucestershire residence – away from the hustle and bustle of London. The private …

OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Appointment of the Bishop of Wabag

Vatican City - Pope Leo XIV appointed Justin Ain Soongie, the former Auxiliary Bishop and Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Wabag, as the new Bishop of the Diocese of Wabag and revoked his titular see of Forma. Bishop Justin Ain Soongie was born on …

OCEANIA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Resignation and appointment of the Bishop of Alotau-Sideia

Vatican City - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Alotau-Sideia , presented by His Exc. Msgr. Rolando Crisostomo Santos, C.M. The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Fr. Jacek Piotr Tendej, C.M., currently …