 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Papua province, nzvimbo iyo kuurayiwa kwacho kwakaona kupandukira kwakaderera kubva pakubatanidzwa kwayo muIndonesia. Kusiyana nedzimwe nzvimbo dzekare dzekoloni yeDutch East Indies, iyo yakazivikanwa sechikamu cheUnited States of Indonesia zvichitevera Dutch-Indonesian Round Table Conference ya1949, West Papua yave ichingotungamirirwa neIndonesia kubvira muna 1963. Panguva yeMutemo Unopokanidza Wokusarudza Kwakasununguka muna 1969, Mumiriri weU.S. akasimbisa kuti ruzhinji rwakatsunga rwavanhu veIrianese Papuan, uye zvichida 85 kusvika ku90, vanonzwira tsitsi nhau yeFree Papua. Vanoshingaira avo vanoshora chikumbiro cheIndonesia chekubatanidzwa kwenzvimbo dzePapua muRepublic vakaumba mapoka akazvimiririra anosanganisira West Papua Liberation Organisation neOPM. Kurwisana uku kuri kukonzerwa nekushaya mari uye urombo hwevanhu vechiPapua, kutama kwevanhu vemamwe marudzi Transmigration program uye kutyorwa kwekodzero dzevanhu nemauto eIndonesia. 