Tag: Porgera mine
‘Let your children live in peace’ plea by PNG’s Marape over...
RNZ Pacific
The Papua New Guinea government is calling for local communities in Porgera, Enga province, to end the violence as it works to reopen...
Porgera mine ‘killing fields’ – 21 Papua New Guineans die since...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
The successful restart of Papua New Guinea's New Porgera Limited gold mine is currently at high risk due to...
Slaughter goes on in Porgera mining town as PNG police plan...
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
While Papua New Guinean policing continues to be an issue in Porgera, Enga Province, the killings continue in the...
18 people hacked to death in Porgera in under an hour...
By Miriam Zarriga of the PNG Post-Courier
A brutal massacre in Porgera town yesterday afternoon in which 18 innocent people were killed has rocked Enga...
PNG elections and the economy: Marape vs O’Neill
ANALYSIS: By Stephen Howes and Kingtau Mambon
It is often said that Papua New Guinea elections are fought on local issues, and this is no...
100 PNG security forces arrive in Porgera, tension eases
By Miriam Zarriga in Mt Hagen
About 100 Papua New Guinea security personnel have arrived in Porgera, Enga Province, amid the fighting that saw 17...
Fierce fighting continues in PNG’s Porgera with death toll reaching 17
By Miriam Zarriga in Port Moresby
Seventeen people have been killed, hundreds of families made homeless, dozens of houses razed and government services ground to...
