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Gunmen kill seven with more than a dozen missing after Papua New Guinea bus shooting
Police say it is unclear if 17 missing passengers are still alive or wounded, and may be hiding in bushes or s…
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More than 300 dead in Papua New Guinea landslide, local MP says
Emergency response teams sent in to village in remote Enga province, but blocked road is hampering effortsMore…
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Papua New Guinea riots: at least nine dead in Port Moresby as more police sent to capital
Prime minister James Marape has called on police officers who are protesting over pay cut to report for dutyAt…
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More than 30 dead in tribal fighting on Papua New Guinea’s ‘island of love’
Another 15 people are missing after tensions between two groups boiled over into violenceTribal warfare on Kir…
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PNG election violence: 90,000 displaced since May, 25,000 children unable to attend school
Fighting since country’s election in July has continued in the highlands, with women and children most vulnera…
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Papua New Guinea earthquake: seven dead amid fears more are buried under landslides
Community leaders are searching for people they fear may be buried under landslides triggered by a magnitude 7…
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Papua New Guinea hopes to have Australia security deal signed by end of year
Country’s foreign minister says China’s interest in the Pacific required a ‘strengthened’ PNG-Australia treaty…
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Papua New Guinea brings in minister for coffee
Prime minister says new appointment shows the government’s commitment to expanding key agriculture industriesT…
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Papua New Guinean MP charged with murder over shooting death in restaurant
First-term government MP Lohia Boe Samuel has been charged with murder over the death of Robert Jerry last wee…
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Nineteen journalists suspended from Papua New Guinea news station in coverage row
EMTV has locked out journalists from its newsrooms in a dispute over reporting of conviction of Australian bus…
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PNG authorities order corpses to be swabbed amid fear of undetected Delta outbreak
One of Papua New Guinea’s chief health officers warns low vaccination and testing rates are a ‘recipe for majo…
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Court ruling clears way for first executions in Papua New Guinea in nearly 70 years
Decision quashes temporary orders that had stayed the executions of 14 men on death rowA ruling by Papua New G…
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Australian lawyer arrested for third time in Papua New Guinea over alleged $100m fraud
Police say alleged misappropriation of funds the ‘single biggest fraud’ ever investigated by PNG forceAn Austr…
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‘It’s just like flu’: misinformation and fear hamper Papua New Guinea’s Covid vaccine rollout
More than three months after the first vaccine was administered, less than 0.6% of the population have receive…
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Plans to build Papua New Guinea’s first casino trigger fears over social problems
Critics say PNG does not have adequate governance or welfare systems to deal with problems casino may bringPla…