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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