A War Without End

Conflicts in Kwamki Lama are easily ignited. First starting in July, bloody clashes broke out again this week. But this time it is no longer just a tribal war.

September 12, 2006

IT was not a red carpet or a necklace of flowers that greeted Alex Hesegem when he arrived in the village of Kwamki Lama. This was despite the fact that the Deputy Governor of Papua had gone there on Thursday last week intending to play the role of peacemaker. The residents of the village in the Mimika Baru subdistrict of Mimika regencywho had initially wanted to be invited to the dialogwere busy with their own affairs. Some were running in a cro

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