カテゴリー: Papua New Guinea
Pacific leaders are increasingly concerned that Washington’s actions in the region conflict with their objectivesA delay by the US in providing crucial funding to Pacific Island nations is fuelling concern in the region – but questions about the compet…
Prime minister James Marape to seek help from Australia to support police after the deadly killings in Enga provinceAuthorities in Papua New Guinea are bracing for an escalation of violence after dozens of men were killed in a tribal massacre on Sunday…
Police say attack between neighbouring tribes led to mass deaths, marking an escalation in fighting in the country’s remote northern regionDozens of men have been killed in a fresh outbreak of tribal violence in the remote highlands of Papua New Guinea…
Justin Tkachenko says they are in ‘early stages of negotiation’ with Beijing on its offer to assist with police and security Papua New Guinea is in early talks with China on a potential security and policing deal, the country’s foreign minister Justin…
Soldiers and police patrolling streets where witnesses say quiet has replaced looting and chaos that reportedly left at least 16 people deadSoldiers and police patrolled Port Moresby on Friday a day after Papua New Guinea declared a state of emergency …
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 …
Governor blames looting on ‘opportunists’ as officers are redeployed to Port Moresby from regional areasPeople have been killed and shops and businesses were set on fire in the capital of Papua New Guinea after police went on strike over pay, according…
Australian-funded humanitarian program has not funded housing, food and medical services for over a year, providers sayGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRefugees and asylum seekers held by Australia in Papua New G…
Papua New Guinea’s immigration minister John Rosso says whistleblower’s ‘serious allegations’ revealed by the Guardian have prompted auditFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily…
Manasseh Sogavare hits out at US after skipping Biden summit as $200m in funding for Pacific nations draws criticism for ‘trying to play catch up’China’s rising power in the Pacific explained in 30 secondsThe prime minister of Solomon Islands has criti…
Exclusive: Australia is seeking to strengthen ties with Indonesia, despite new reports of brutality by the military — including the torture and murder of civilians — in West PapuaThe body of 17-year-old Wity Unue was brought back by the Indonesian mili…
Up to 150 killed in Enga Province as experts say weaker legal systems, weapons access and ‘loss of hope’ fuel deadly clashesAn outbreak of violence has killed up to 150 people in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea, local police said, in what one expert …
Sitiveni Rabuka says island countries must be ‘zone of non-aligned territories’ and hopes big powers will avoid military conflictThe Pacific islands should be a “zone of peace”, Fiji’s prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, has said, adding that he hopes a r…
This article contains an image of a dead bodyJoe Leahy, owner of the famed Kilima coffee plantation, remembered in a week-long traditional ceremony in Papua New GuineaDeep inside the Nebilyer Valley in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea sits a f…