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Popularity of genre traces back to Australian fans who worked in mines in the Papua New Guinea region decades earlier“Courtesy of the patriarchs’ path shown by ancient ancestral domain … retain or never,” bellows singer Hyginus Tagira to an appreciativ…
Read MoreLocal government hopes reopening of mine – once world’s most profitable – will support bid for independence from Papua New Guinea The mine at the centre of the decade-long civil war between rebels in Bougainville and Papua New Guinea security forces is…
Read MoreMany 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…
Read MoreSix 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…
Read MorePanguna mine is often cast as the economic key to Bougainville’s potential independence, but young MP Theonila Matbob says her people, and their land, must come firstFor all of Theonila Roka Matbob’s three decades, the scar on her land that was once th…
Read MoreFormer rebel commander says law and order a priority, and says issue of PNG independence needs swift resolutionIshmael Toroama, a former secessionist military commander turned peacemaker and cocoa farmer, has been elected the president of PNG’s autonom…
Read MoreCovid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsThe total number of cases of Covid-19 infection listed by the World Health Organization for the region stands at 382, an increase of 22 since last week.With increasing evidence that many of th…
Read MoreCovid-19-related developments throughout the Pacific IslandsSign up to get this Coronavirus in the Pacific briefing delivered to your email every WednesdayThe total number of Covid-19 cases across the Pacific stands at 314, with new cases reported this…
Read MoreChannon Lumpoo, 27, was shot as he conducted exploration activities for a new gold mine in the regionA Thai geologist working at a new gold mine in Bougainville has been shot dead in the second killing at a mining project in the autonomous region of Pa…
Read MoreGroup left Papua New Guinea in canoe before Christmas and survivors were rescued almost 2,000km away a month laterFour people have been rescued after spending 32 days adrift in the South Pacific, after a tragic voyage that resulted in the deaths of eig…
Read MoreJohn Momis says his government ‘will not rest’ until Australian-linked miner seeking licence for Panguna mine is banned for life from Bougainville and PNG The president of the autonomous Bougainville government has accused an Australian-linked mining c…
Read MoreCelebrations as voting begins to decide whether the region will break away from Papua New GuineaIn the coastal town of Buka a solemn procession of people makes its way from the Catholic church to Bel Isi park, where worshippers kneel before a makeshift…
Read MorePeople are ‘in the mood for celebration’ as they choose whether to split from Papua New Guinea After 20 years, the big day has finally arrived for the people of Bougainville. Large crowds gathered on Saturday at the aptly named Bel Isi (Peace) park in …
Read MoreArchipelago’s flags replace Papua New Guinean ones on government buildings ahead of voting in referendumBougainville will head to the polls tomorrow to decide whether the region will seek independence from Papua New Guinea and become the world’s newest…
Read MoreBougainvilleans will vote in an independence referendum this weekend, the result of a unique Melanesian process of reconciliationThirty years ago Bougainville lost 20,000 people in a brutal civil war that lasted almost a decade.This week Bougainvillean…
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