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Ishmael Toroama tells the Guardian sovereignty from Papua New Guinea is a ‘matter of time’ as long-running process enters next phase Ishmael Toroama’s life has been dominated by a single ambition. The president of Bougainville, an autonomous island tha…
続きを読む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…
続きを読むLocal 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…
続きを読む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…
続きを読む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…
続きを読むPanguna 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…
続きを読むFormer 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…
続きを読むCovid-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…
続きを読むCovid-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…
続きを読むChannon 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…
続きを読むGroup 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…
続きを読むJohn 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…
続きを読むCelebrations 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…
続きを読むPeople 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 …
続きを読むArchipelago’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…
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