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Papua New Guinea

UN chief to address PNG parliament today during ‘historic’ visit

Thousands of Bougainvilleans flocked to the polls on 23 November 2019 to vote in the referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea
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Incumbent Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama
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Bougainville’s President Ishmael Toroama candid and relaxed a week out from polling

Rival flags of influence in the Pacific - Israel and Palestine
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Activist slams Pacific’s ‘dreadful response’ to Palestine amid growing links with Israel

Senior ministers from Australia and Vanuatu initialled the Nakamal Agreement at the top of Mount Yasur. (ABC News: Lillyrose Welwel) Photo: ABC News / Lillyrose Welwel
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Bougainville woman politician Elizabeth Tako Palin
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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon (right), with Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape
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NZ announces support package, new High Commission building in PNG

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August 7, 2025
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The tsunami waves, caused by a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia, have now rolled on southeastward toward South America
Papua New Guinea

Pacific avoids major damage after powerful quake off Russia

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Iora Open MP Theonila Roka Matbob in central Bougainville
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Bougainville woman Cabinet minister battling nine men to hold her seat

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July 27, 2025
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Former PNG national Parliament regional representative for Bougainville Joe Lera . . . "We will try to make big changes in addressing sustainable development"
Papua New Guinea

Veteran Bougainville politician wants new approach to independence and development

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July 23, 2025
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Incumbent Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama
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Bougainville election: More than 400 candidates vie for parliament

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July 16, 2025
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ABG House Speaker Simon Pentanu will has issued the writs for the fifth general elections in September
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Bougainville election process begins as writs issued for September poll

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July 8, 2025
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New Zealand Army and Republic of Fiji Military Forces soldiers cooperate in the Nausori Highlands during Exercise Cartwheel 23
Papua New Guinea

NZDF not considering recruiting personnel from Pacific nations

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July 7, 2025
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Rabaul's Archbishop Rochus Tatamai
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Catholic Church warns against PNG declaring itself a ‘Christian country’

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July 3, 2025
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Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"
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Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

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June 30, 2025
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The Autonomous Bougainville Government President Ishmael Toroama (left) and PNG Prime Minister James Marape
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Talks result in PNG and Bougainville signing ‘Melanesian Agreement’

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June 28, 2025
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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‘Don’t surrender’ to Indonesian pressure over West Papua, Bomanak warns MSG

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June 26, 2025
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A West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence among a sea of Palestinian flags
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Chief Superintendent Clement Dala . . . PNG's courts and prisons are "completely overrun"
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Papua New Guinea police blame overrun system for prison breakouts

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June 26, 2025
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Fiji advocacy group slams Indonesian role in MSG as a ‘disgrace’

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June 25, 2025
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NCD Governor Powes Parkop with a West Papua flag
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Pro-independence advocates urge MSG to elevate West Papua membership

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June 23, 2025
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) and French President Emmanuel Macron
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Decoding PNG leader Marape’s talks with French President Macron

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June 17, 2025
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Papua New Guineans accused of sorcery are frequently beaten, tortured, and murdered
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Bougainville legal dept looking towards sorcery violence policy

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June 13, 2025
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Bougainville President Ishamel Toroama speaking at the launch of the Bougainville Digital Democracy Project earlier this year
Papua New Guinea

Progress reported out of Bougainville independence talks at Burnham

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June 12, 2025
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A PNG soldier guarding Bougainville's Panguna mine in 1989
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June 7, 2025
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How the Lae edition of the PNG Post-Courier reported the crisis
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Internal tensions throw PNG anti-corruption body into crisis

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June 5, 2025
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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