Tag: Bougainville
New Bougainville president puts focus on peace
Bougainville's new president, James Tanis, was sworn into office today in front of a crowd of about 3,000 in the city of Arawa. [MORE]
PNG tidal waves displace 75,000: UN
Papua New Guinea has been pummelled by non-stop tidal waves and unusually high tides that have forced 75,000 people from their homes this month, the United Nations said overnight.[MORE]
'Two Sams' face off as Bougainville goes to the polls
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Bougainville is going to the polls to elect a new president to replace Joseph Kabui.[MORE]
Concerns over Bougainville by-election security
An official overseeing next month's by-election in the autonomous Papua New Guinea province of Bougainville says he is concerned there may be no police security during the poll.[MORE]
Bougainville's presidential election set for December
The presidential election in Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville has finally been scheduled for December.[MORE]
Climate change refugees to be resettled in PNG
The world's first climate change refugees will be relocated from their Pacific island home to Papua New Guinea by March next year.[MORE]
PNG PM questions Bougainville investments
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare is demanding answers from the autonomous Bougainville Government over a controversial deal that opens up the islands' resources to foreign investors.[MORE]
Bougainville Parliament at odds over resources deal
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The Bougainville Parliament is at odds over a deal which threatens the ownership of the Pacific island's vast resources.[MORE]
Kabui's remains barred from landing in PNG
The mourning process for Bougainville's first president Joseph Kabui, who died of a heart attack on Saturday, has hit a hurdle.[MORE]
Bougainville farewells former president Joseph Kabui
More than 1,000 people have attended a church service for the former Bougainville president Joseph Kabui, who died of a heart attack last Saturday.[MORE]
Bougainville holds funeral for first president
A state funeral has been held in Papua New Guinea's capital, Port Moresby, for Joseph Kabui, the man who helped bring peace to Bougainville.[MORE]
PNG to honour Kabui at state funeral
The man central to bringing Bougainville's brutal 10-year war to an end will be given a state funeral in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby today.[MORE]
Bougainville president dies in hospital
The President of Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville, Joseph Kabui, has died of a suspected heart attack in the capital Buka.[MORE]
New study looks at effects of overseas defence postings
Darwin defence workers who were posted to East Timor or Bougainville in Papua New Guinea are being asked to take part in a study of returned Australian troops.[MORE]
PNG clears way for Panguna mine reopening
The Papua New Guinea Government has moved closer to reopening Bougainville's Panguna copper mine, which was the centre of a secessionist war that claimed thousands of lives in the 1980s and 90s.[MORE]
Strong quake rocks PNG region
A strong earthquake packing a magnitude of 6.7 has hit Papua New Guinea (PNG), but there are no immediate reports of damage or a tsunami.[MORE]
Bougainville authorities urge final Fijian to leave rebels
Authorities in the autonomous region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea are urging a former Fijian soldier to turn himself in after spending more than a year in the rebel zone.[MORE]
Claims Bougainville Govt financed raid rejected
The Bougainville Government denies it sanctioned a raid by armed gunmen to oust five former Fijian soldiers and a notorious conman hiding in the island's rebel zone.[MORE]
Bougainville Govt seeks AFP's help
Papua New Guinea's autonomous Bougainville Government is seeking help from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to curb growing unrest on the island. [MORE]
Bougainville 'king' denies plans to overthrow government
The leader of a rebel army on the Papua New Guinea island of Bougainville has denied reports he is preparing to overthrow the island's autonomous Government.[MORE]
Bougainville violence 'concerns' Downer
Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer says he is concerned about reports of violent clashes between police and armed men in Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville.[MORE]
Policeman hurt in Bougainville shoot-out
Tensions are running high in Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville, after a heavy exchange of gunfire between police and armed men.[MORE]
President fears Fijian mercenaries heading for Bougainville
Bougainville president Joseph Kabui says up to 100 Fijian mercenaries could be heading for the troubled Papua New Guinea (PNG) island province.[MORE]
Former PNG rebel soldiers deny civil strife
Former rebel soldiers in Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville have dismissed reports they are ready to fight their countrymen, who are protecting the Pacific's most wanted man in the rebel zone in Southern Bougainville.[MORE]
