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The Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama (left) and PNG Prime Minister James Marape
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Bougainville President Ishamel Toroama speaking at the launch of the Bougainville Digital Democracy Project earlier this year
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Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama (left) and PNG Prime Minister James Marape pictured in September 2024
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People waiting to vote in Bougainville’s capital Buka during the referendum on independence in 2019
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama (right)
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PNG and Bougainville to hold more talks on independence issue

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Theonila Roka Matbob, lead complainant
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