Tag: PNG Police

RNZ Pacific An escape of a 13-year-old girl from a hostage crisis on the border of Papua New Guinea's Western and Hela provinces has boosted...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent Content warning: This story discusses rape and violence. Police in Papua New Guinea have arrested nine more men...

By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea police say 10 people have been tragically killed after a series of violent "revenge killings" along...

The National Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has declared emergency orders to safeguard infrastructure and residents in Porgera due to escalating law and...

Warning: This report discusses graphic details of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea. SPECIAL REPORT: By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The nauseating stench of...

By Grace Tinetali-Fiavaai, RNZ Pacific journalist Papua New Guinea police have arrested five people in connection with the brutal attacks in Angoram district that left...

RNZ Pacific and ABC Violent attacks on three remote villages in Papua New Guinea's north have reportedly killed 26 people, including 16 children, while several...

By Kelvin Joe and Gynnie Kero in Port Moresby Two widows and their children were among other Papua New Guinean squatters who had to dismantle...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has commended the coordinated efforts between police and defence intelligence units in the lead up to...

By Eleisha Foon, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape visited Wabag, the capital of Enga  province, to meet authorities before...

By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby Despite a "historic" ceasefire agreement in Papua New Guinea between Enga authorities and tribal leaders after months of bitter...

By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea Ten days into 2024, Port Moresby descended into chaos as opportunists looted and burned shops in Waigani,...

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...

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...

By Gorethy Kenneth in Port Moresby Papua New Guinea's former opposition leader Belden Namah says Prime Minister James Marape never answered in detail the questions...

By Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist A man housing people who fled a massacre in Papua New Guinea's Enga province yesterday says pregnant mothers and...

By Miriam Zarriga Under the banana leaves on a roadside in Papua New Guinea's Highlands lies the dismembered and bullet-riddled bodies of eight men. All have...

RNZ Pacific Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner David Manning has been reinstated after being stood down following riots and looting on January 10. That rioting --...

By Don Wiseman, RNZ Pacific senior journalist Academic Andrew Anton Mako says the Papua New Guinea's systemic dysfunction was plain to see in the rioting...

RNZ Pacific The latest victim of last week's rioting and looting in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby is the city's top police commander. National Capital...

PNG Post-Courier Papua New Guinea's Communications Minister Timothy Masiu has announced stringent measures to control social media in the country for the next 10 days...

By Scott Waide, RNZ Pacific PNG correspondent The political fallout from the deadly riots in Papua New Guinea continues, including calls for a vote of...