カテゴリー: Papua New Guinea
Pontiff’s itinerary, including visits to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, reflects importance of Asia to Catholic churchPope Francis is to embark on the longest, farthest and perhaps most challenging trip of his pontificate as he begins a 12-day Asia-Pa…
Wire catapults used in deadly attacks are ‘proliferating’ in parts of the Pacific country, authorities sayThe spread of slingshot-style weapons that shoot metal darts has worsened violence and led to a rise in traumatic injuries in Papua New Guinea’s n…
UN says it is ‘horrified’ by violence in three villages in East Sepik province as it warns death toll could pass 50At least 26 people were killed, including 16 children, during violent attacks on three Papua New Guinea villages last week, according to …
Guardian analysis shows web of agreements between Pacific countries and Australia, US and China, as experts raise concerns over rising militarisationAs competition for influence in the Pacific region intensifies, analysis by the Guardian has mapped a v…
Weeks after the tragedy, frustrations rise over a bypass road that locals say offends their culture by disturbing ground where bodies remain buriedIn a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea’s Enga province, the community has set up a haus krai, a…
James Marape apologises for not making journey sooner, as ongoing instability hampers recovery and poses risk to residentsPapua New Guinea’s prime minister, James Marape, has made his first visit to a remote village hit by a deadly landslide last week …
Officials are still trying to pinpoint the exact death toll, as rescue teams are set to begin using heavy machinery to recover the deadOfficials in Papua New Guinea have said they do not expect to find survivors under the rubble of a massive landslide …
James Marape says the estimated death toll is more than 2,000 people, as rescue efforts in Enga province continuePapua New Guinea’s prime minister James Marape has blamed “extraordinary rainfall” and changes to weather patterns for multiple disasters i…
Unstable terrain, remote locations and damaged roads have been hampering relief efforts in the aftermath of the landslide, the UN said The Papua New Guinea national disaster centre has said that Friday’s landslide in a remote village in the northern pa…
Emergency workers give up hope of finding survivors of Friday’s landslide as tribal warfare threatens rescue effortMore than 670 people are believed to have been killed in a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, the UN migration agency has said, as em…
Blocked roads have hampered relief efforts to Yambali village, where officials fear death toll could reach well over 100An emergency convoy is delivering food, water and other provisions on Saturday to stunned survivors of a landslide that devastated a…
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…
Coconut biodiesel offers a cheaper alternative to fuel imports and scientists in the Pacific country are looking at how to use it more widelyOn Karkar island in Papua New Guinea, hundreds of coconut trees stand tall, stretching far into the distance.De…
New genetic analysis sheds light on the epidemic caused by the practice of mortuary feasting in the Eastern Highlands of PNG mid last centuryIn the middle of the 20th century the Eastern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea was gripped by a mysteriou…
Richard Bong downed 40 aircraft in a Lockheed P-38 Lightning before it crashed while being flown by another pilotA Wisconsin museum is partnering with a historical preservation group in a search for the wreckage of the second world war ace fighter pilo…