Indonesian authorities will this week send aid to remote areas of the eastern Papua region, where thousands are facing hunger brought on by drought, the chief of the country's disaster agency said on Monday.
Six have died since June in the mountainous Puncak district in Central Papua due to a snowy season that was immediately followed by a prolonged dry season that hit crops. Access to the region is hampered by difficult terrain and threats posed by armed separatists, authorities said.
Earlier on Monday, he told a news conference that Puncak residents suffer from drought every year "but this year it's more extreme", to the extent that some have died of hunger. President Joko Widodo on Monday instructed authorities to resolve the problem in Central Papua, adding "that is a specific area that during snow season ... no crops can grow."
Though rich in gold, copper, timber and natural gas, Papua is one of the poorest, most underdeveloped in Indonesia.
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