Pope Francis traveled to one of the most remote regions on the planet Sunday to call for an end to religion-based tribal violence that has claimed thousands of lives in the past 20 years. Toting toys, medicine and musical instruments, the 87-year-old pontiff was greeted by tens of thousands of…
Tribal violence escalating with influx of mercenaries and automatic weapons into the strained island nation. A gang killed at least 26 men, women and children in an attack on three remote villages in Papua New Guinea’s north, police said. The gang, which struck earlier this month, consisted of “30 young…
Nearly five years after the islanders of remote Bougainville voted decisively in a referendum for independence from Papua New Guinea (PNG), local frustrations are rising as the political process falters. More than 97 percent of voters in the autonomous island region of about 300,000 people, in eastern PNG, chose independence…
West Indies beat PNG by five wickets thanks to a late surge in their opening game after the minnows gave them a scare. West Indies stuttered and stumbled before eventually scrambling to a five-wicket win over minnows Papua New Guinea (PNG) in their opening Group C encounter of the ICC…
The UN’s migration agency says displaced residents urgently need clean water, purification tablets and food supplies. Papua New Guinea has ruled out finding more survivors under the rubble of last week’s massive landslide, as a UN agency warned of a “significant risk of disease outbreak” among displaced residents, who are…
Two found alive as overnight rains raise fears tonnes of rubble covering the area could become dangerously unstable. A couple has been found alive three days after a deadly landslide hit Papua New Guinea (PNG), media reports say, as the government informed the United Nations that more than 2,000 people…
Landslide blocked highway access to affected communities making helicopters the easiest way to reach the disaster zone. Rescue teams have arrived at the site of an enormous landslide in Papua New Guinea‘s remote highlands, helping villagers search for hundreds of people feared dead under towering mounds of rubble and mud….
Quake struck as remote western region already dealing with floods from earlier this month. Several people have died and some 1,000 homes have been destroyed in a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that hit a remote part of western Papua New Guinea, according to officials. The quake rocked the East Sepik region…
Mountain and coastal provinces have been flooded, with one coastal village considering relocating due to rising sea levels. At least 23 people have been killed as torrential rain and king tides wash away roads, homes and food gardens in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) highland and coastal regions. The dead, including…
Police retrieve 64 bodies after fighting breaks out between rival tribes in Papua New Guinea’s northern highlands. At least 64 people have been killed in tribal violence in the northern highlands of Papua New Guinea, according to media reports, with one police officer describing the killings as the “largest” in…
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