A devastating landslide buried more than 2,000 people in a remote Papua New Guinea village and work camp this week, authorities told the United Nations Monday, a disaster that has been exacerbated by the difficulty in delivering aid and fears of tribal violence, the Associated...
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Warring tribes in Papua New Guinea agreed to a temporary ceasefire this week, putting a halt to years of revenge killings in the country’s remote highlands that escalated last month, Radio New Zealand reported. Under the three-month unconditional ceasefire, tribes from the central Enga province agreed...
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At least 26 people died in a gunfight on Sunday that involved tribal groups in a rural area of Papua New Guinea, where clashes between tribes have become increasingly violent, the New York Times reported. The violence occurred in the highlands’ Enga Province, leaving dozens of...
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Riots in Papua New Guinea’s two main cities sparked by the Pacific country’s worsening economic situation left over a dozen people dead by Thursday, the Associated Press reported. A march at the parliament building in the capital Port Moresby Wednesday by police and other public officials...
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Editor’s Note: Dear Readers, This holiday week we’re reprising some of our lead stories of the past year, ones that illustrate ongoing trends in their respective regions. DailyChatter reports on more than 150 countries every year in every region of the world, and we feel many...
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The world is wooing Papua New Guinea, a poor country to the north of Australia that shares an island with Indonesia. As the Economist wrote, French President Emmanuel Macron, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indonesian President Joko Widodo, American Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and American...
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Papua New Guinea and the United States signed two new security deals Monday aimed at boosting ties and countering China’s growing influence in the Pacific region, Bloomberg reported. The agreements came after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Prime Minister James Marape in the...
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Recent fighting in Papua New Guinea has forced about 90,000 people from the country’s highlands, with the violence linked to the national elections in July, the Guardian reported. Since May, violence has gripped the provinces of Enga, Southern Highlands and Hela, affecting thousands of people. The...
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Authorities and civil society groups in Papua New Guinea are raising the alarm about the brutal practice of witch-hunting in the country, following a high-profile case that saw the deaths of four women and the torture of five others accused of witchcraft, Al Jazeera reported...
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Papua New Guinea’s parliament re-elected James Marape as prime minister Tuesday, following an election that was marred by violence and fraud allegations, the Associated Press reported. Marape’s nomination comes after the country’s legislature resumed even though vote counting continues in some parts of the country. All...
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Police in Papua New Guinea recently detained the son of the country’s prime minister and some construction company executives as they were traveling to a province where parliamentary elections were about to start. The executives were carrying around $440,000 in cash in a suitcase. All...
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