Bougainville
One year on from the release of an independent investigation into Rio Tinto's former Panguna mine in Bougainville, communities living with the ongoing environmental impact are calling on the company t...
The Autonomous Region of Bougainville's recent polls have handed its re-elected president a fresh mandate to pursue independence from Papua New Guinea.
The sole focus of Bougainville's leaders to secure independence from Papua New Guinea risks failing to improve the long-term wellbeing of its people, research warns.
Pacific police chiefs are scoping areas where additional assistance can be deployed as Australia helps scale up regional security responses by training local officers.
It seems incredible, given the vast ocean surrounding the atolls in Bougainville's north, that these palm-clad places could experience drought.
Bougainville's regional government is firmly rejecting the proposal from Papua New Guinea's national government of free association or confederation instead of granting the autonomous region full inde...
Bougainville has taken a step closer towards full independence after the Papua New Guinea government agreed to table the 2019 autonomous region's referendum results in parliament following talks in Ch...
The future independence of Bougainville from Papua New Guinea statehood has thrown up a fresh dilemma over the sovereignty of a neighbouring island nation.
WHAT WAS CLAIMEDA video shows Bougainville's president punching Papua New Guinea's prime minister. OUR VERDICTFalse. The video was created using artificial intelligence technology.
Leaders of Papua New Guinea and would-be nation Bougainville are holding moderated talks this week in Port Moresby to clarify the province's pathway to independence.
Bougainville community leaders have called for representation in discussions over the potential remediation of Rio Tinto's former Panguna mine, which began in Port Moresby last week.
Bougainville president Ishmael Toroama has been forced to issue a strong condemnation of gun-related violence in the autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, warning lawlessness will not be tolerated an...
Papua New Guinea's copper and gold-rich autonomous region of Bougainville plans to stick to declaring independence in 2027. But eight years after the non-binding vote to secede from the PNG state on a...