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50 years of independence has failed the Polopa people - Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre

Polopa means “go ahead, I will come after you”. It is the name given to the Polopa-speaking people of the Southern Highlands Province — a population of about 10,000 people living in the Erave local level government area. They live in nine council wards: Kerabi, Balowei, Tiri, Waraga, Waposale, Kele, Puputau (Mt Tawa), Sirigi and Sopuse. My parents hail from Tiri and the last time I visited the village was around Easter of 2022 when I took my lat…
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Devpolicy Blog from the Development Policy Centre broke the news in on Thursday, September 25, 2025.
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