投稿者: Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Police say it is unclear if 17 missing passengers are still alive or wounded, and may be hiding in bushes or sheltering with neighbouring clansAt least seven people were killed and more than a dozen remain missing after gunmen ambushed a public bus and…
Emergency response teams sent in to village in remote Enga province, but blocked road is hampering effortsMore than 300 people have been killed in a landslide in a remote region in northern Papua New Guinea, a local politician has said.Amos Akem, an MP…
Prime minister James Marape has called on police officers who are protesting over pay cut to report for dutyAt least nine people have been killed in Papua New Guinea’s capital, Port Moresby, amid widespread looting and arson after a day of protests as …
Another 15 people are missing after tensions between two groups boiled over into violenceTribal warfare on Kiriwina Island in Papua New Guinea’s east has left 32 people dead and 15 others missing, with fighting continuing.The fighting erupted on Monday…
Fighting since country’s election in July has continued in the highlands, with women and children most vulnerableAn estimated 90,000 people have been displaced by violence in the highlands of Papua New Guinea since May, with about 25,000 children unabl…
Community leaders are searching for people they fear may be buried under landslides triggered by a magnitude 7.6 quake on SundayThe death toll from a magnitude 7.6 magnitude earthquake that hit Papua New Guinea on Sunday has risen to seven, and authori…
Country’s foreign minister says China’s interest in the Pacific required a ‘strengthened’ PNG-Australia treatyPapua New Guinea hopes to sign a security deal with Australia, as well as possibly New Zealand and the US, by the end of the year, the country…
Prime minister says new appointment shows the government’s commitment to expanding key agriculture industriesThe Papua New Guinean prime minister has announced his cabinet, which contains not only some new faces, but some new positions as well, includi…
First-term government MP Lohia Boe Samuel has been charged with murder over the death of Robert Jerry last weekA Papua New Guinean MP has been charged with murder, after the shooting death of a man at a restaurant in the capital of Port Moresby last we…
EMTV has locked out journalists from its newsrooms in a dispute over reporting of conviction of Australian businessman Jamie PangNineteen journalists from Papua New Guinea’s leading television media company, EMTV, have been suspended following a walk-o…
One of Papua New Guinea’s chief health officers warns low vaccination and testing rates are a ‘recipe for major spread’ of deadly strainSee all our coronavirus coverageOne of Papua New Guinea’s chief health officers has warned the country’s low testing…
Decision quashes temporary orders that had stayed the executions of 14 men on death rowA ruling by Papua New Guinea’s national court has cleared the way for the country’s first executions in almost 70 years.The 14 condemned prisoners have a chance to a…
Police say alleged misappropriation of funds the ‘single biggest fraud’ ever investigated by PNG forceAn Australian lawyer has been arrested for the third time in Papua New Guinea over the alleged misappropriation of 268m kina ($AUD104m) from a trust f…
More than three months after the first vaccine was administered, less than 0.6% of the population have received their first dose Three months since Papua New Guinea launched its Covid vaccine rollout, just 60,000 people – or 0.6% of the population – ha…
Critics say PNG does not have adequate governance or welfare systems to deal with problems casino may bringPlans to build Papua New Guinea’s first casino in Port Moresby have sparked criticism from transparency advocates and experts who say the country…