Bougainville
Traditional landowners are fighting back against plans to reopen an existing Bougainville copper mine which has remained dormant for nearly four decades.
The work and advocacy of Indigenous community leader Theonila Roka Matbob in working towards securing justice and a clean-up of the Panguna mine in Bougainville has been recognised with a 2026 Goldman...
In January last year, Havini Vira was overseeing a climate resilience agriculture project across Papua New Guinea. The three-year program funded by the United States was nearing completion with the di...
The latest authoritative government policy on Bougainville's richest commodity is shaping the region's next step towards independence from Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea appears set to grant Bougainville independence by June next year after their respective leaders discussed the details over a series of joint supervisory body meetings last week.
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.