カテゴリー: Papua New Guinea
Former residents of the Paga Hill settlement in Port Moresby say their displacement has led to a range of problemsMany former residents of a settlement in Papua New Guinea who claim they were forcibly evicted nearly a decade ago say they are living wit…
Follows attacks on Covid nurses in the country where less than 1% of the population is fully vaccinated Papua New Guinea authorities have approved a mass burial to take pressure off Port Moresby’s hospital morgue where bodies are stacked on top of each…
World Vision report says widespread loss of income and families having fewer meals are seriously affecting children’s healthSee all our coronavirus coverageThe loss of work and skyrocketing food prices, brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, could lea…
‘My father will go down like the captain of the Titanic’: life on the Pacific’s disappearing islands
Many in the Saposa Islands are wrestling with the dilemma of starting a new life on the mainland or staying to watch their homes vanishFrancis Tony is buried on an island that is shrinking.The sea breaks on a shoreline that is now less than five metres…
Surviving on oranges they’d packed, coconuts from the sea and rainwater they collected, they floated about 400km in the Solomon Sea before being rescuedTwo men from Solomon Islands who spent 29 days lost at sea after their GPS tracker stopped working h…
Health authorities have been forced to turn a stadium into a makeshift hospital while elsewhere essential services are closingSee all our coronavirus coverageHospitals in Papua New Guinea are being pushed to the brink and morgues are overflowing, as th…
Fleet of luxury cars, purchased for the 2018 Apec summit in a move that prompted widespread outrage, has been put up for saleA fleet of Maserati cars, bought by the Papua New Guinean government for the 2018 Apec leaders’ summit in a move that prompted …
Last year 15,444 cases of domestic violence were reported but only 250 people were prosecuted and 100 convicted. Victims deserve betterA woman is beaten every 30 seconds in Papua New Guinea, and more than 1.5 million people experience gender-based viol…
Naomi Kori Pomat, the first female doctor in her province, died in country’s first government-confirmed death of a health worker from virusTributes have poured in for a doctor in Papua New Guinea’s Western Province who died last week, in the country’s …
Baker, sought for alleged murder, robbery and piracy, has eluded PNG police for nearly a decadeAs the sun set over the coast of Alotau, a town in the east of Papua New Guinea, on a Friday night in April, four boats zoomed from the beach into the night….
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…
Man being held in Melbourne hotel fears for his wife and four children as Taliban advance Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingThe Australian home affairs minister has been ordered into mediation with an Afghan refugee who assisted coal…
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…
Six people missing after boat sank just 150 metres from Nissan Island, with lone survivor swimming 15 kilometres to neighbouring islandAuthorities in Bougainville are still searching for the autonomous region’s health minister after he and his family w…