Sir Julius Chan appreciation: death of last of PNG’s founding fathers marks end of era | Papua New Guinea
The death of Julius Chang IR, one of the 1975 Papua New Guinea's independent founders, has said the end of the times. As known, J IR was the “last man” from the first postcolonial government of PNG until he died 85 years old in Harris, New Ireland last week. As the first Minister of Finance, […]
‘Moving to the mountaintops’: rising seas displace tens of thousands in Papua New Guinea | Pacific islands
TA few years ago, fisherman Siri James was living in a small village near Pariba Beach on the south coast of Papua New Guinea. But as the tide continued to rise, James was forced to move farther from shore. “It's not easy to move inland. I was born and raised on the sea, I'm a […]
Pope Francis welcomed to remote Papua New Guinea as he seeks ‘to break down distances’ | Pope Francis
Pope Francis visited Vanimo, a remote town on Papua New Guinea's northwest coast, after celebrating Mass before an estimated 35,000 people in the capital, Port Moresby. The pope received a warm welcome in the town, on the peninsula near the border with Indonesia, where he was greeted by members of the small Catholic community served […]
Papua separatists kill helicopter pilot from New Zealand, say police | Indonesia
Separatist rebels in Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua have killed a New Zealand helicopter pilot but four passengers on board were uninjured, police said. Glenn Malcolm Koning, a pilot for Indonesian airline PT Intan Angkasa Air Services, was shot dead, said Faisal Ramadani, a national police official and head of Papua’s Joint Security and Peace […]
Slingshots and metal darts see tribal violence ‘horrors’ worsen in Papua New Guinea | Papua New Guinea
TThe spread of slingshot-style weapons that fire metal arrows has exacerbated violence in Papua New Guinea’s northeastern East Sepik province and led to a rise in traumatic injuries, authorities and medical workers said after attacks that killed dozens of people in the region. Last month, young men attacked three remote villages in Angoram district, East […]
Gang kills at least 26 villagers in remote Papua New Guinea, officials say
Gangs killed at least 26 people in three remote villages in the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea on Friday and left eight villagers missing in the latest wave of violence linked to land disputes and allegations of witchcraft, authorities said. “It was a very horrific event. As we got closer to the […]