Tag: Highlands
PNG landslide: Survivors of highlands disaster desperately seeking help
RNZ Pacific
The survivors of a massive landslide in a remote village in Papua New Guinea's highlands are still waiting for official help, more than...
Local officials fear fate of 300 missing people in remote PNG...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The United States has said it is “ready to lend a helping hand” to the people of Mulitaka, Enga...
‘Only one meal per day’ – 20 die in PNG Highlands...
By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Food rationing is underway in remote areas in Papua New Guinea's Highlands following torrential rain and flash flooding.
More than...
PNG begins wild weather relief operations – 21 killed in mud...
PNG Post-Courier
Prime Minister James Marape has announced comprehensive relief operations in Papua New Guinea's devastating weather that has killed at least 21 people and...
Talks herald Wapenamanda massacre ceasefire in PNG tribal warfare
PNG Post-Courier
A ceasefire is expected on the battlefields of Wapenamanda in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province that has claimed hundreds of lives and caused...
Marape praises security forces in daring kidnap, says lawnessness has ‘destroyed’...
By Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby
Prime Minister James Marape has commended Papua New Guinea's police, defence force and the local community for their quick...
PNG opposition calls for emergency over Highlands naked body killings
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's opposition has called on Prime Minister James Marape to immediately recall Parliament to address the escalating killings in the upper...
PNG’s police chief issues lethal force policy to protect against ‘domestic...
PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea police officers have been issued with a Commissioner’s Circular on the approved use of force in the execution of their...
PNG’s warlords ‘dangerous’ and ‘outgun police’, warns Tomuriesa
The National in Port Moresby
Warlords and armed bandits pose a threat to Papua New Guinea's national security and must be destroyed, says Deputy Opposition...
When will enough be enough? Port Moresby’s struggle with ethnic war
SPECIAL REPORT: By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Port Moresby’s "amazing city" tag in Papua New Guinea is fast losing its varnish and appeal --...
4 killed, fears death toll may rise in massive PNG weekend...
PNG Post-Courier
A massive earthquake has sent shockwave across PNG with at least four dead, properties and key infrastructure destroyed and fears of a mounting...
PNG leader Marape confirms son arrested over money in suitcase
RNZ Pacific
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has confirmed reports his eldest son is one of two men arrested in relation to a...
Titanic power struggle tipped for PNG’s ‘game changer’ election
PNG Post-Courier
Today is officially the last day of campaigning in Papua New Guinea's 2022 National General Election.
Count tomorrow until Monday as rest days, but...
PNG troops still await deployment orders for election security
By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea
The full strength of the Papua New Guinea security forces has yet to be deployed into...
PNG police probe election candidates’ alleged use of guns in Highlands
By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinean police are investigating serious firearms offences allegedly involving five candidates contesting the election...
Highlands tribal fighting in PNG – Scott Waide backgrounds the conflict
Scott Waide's EMTV News report.
Pacific Media Watch
Three children were among ten people killed in a brutal attack in Porgera in Papua New Guinea's Highlands...
Three PNG children die among 10 killed in Porgera massacre
By Ale Asa in Porgera
Ten people – including three children – have been massacred when a fight between two warring tribes from Tari spilled...
PNG tribal warlord surrenders to police to ‘restore peace and harmony’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
An influential warlord in PNG’s Hela province has handed himself in to security forces in the wake of mass killings last...
UN to have greater presence in PNG Highlands for ‘conflict resolution’
By RNZ Pacific
The United Nations in Papua New Guinea is boosting its presence in the Highlands as it works with the government to improve...
Five PNC rebels break away from O’Neill’s cabinet in shock move
By Jack Lapauve Jnr in Port Moresby
Three Papua New Guinean provincial governors and two other MPs have resigned from Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's People's...
Village on the broken mountain – the plight of PNG’s quake-hit...
Special report by Johnny Blades of RNZ Pacific
"We have no home, our village is devastated, therefore I have to move my people to another...
Frustrated PNG tribesmen capture 2 policemen – seize vehicles, weapons
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Two Papua New Guinean police vehicles travelling from Hagen to Hela in the Highlands after servicing were fired on today in...