PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) shakes hands with Bougainville’s President Ishmael Toroama during a meeting of the Joint Supervisory Body, Nov. 22, 2024. Credit: Autonomous Bougainville ...

Bougainville voted for independence under a 2001 peace process in a referendum five years ago but PNG's parliament is yet to endorse it. A New Zealand mediator was recently appointed on the matter.

Pacific Island Bougainville's Independence Path Relies on Economy, Says PNG's Marape By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Bougainville must be able to fund at least half of its budget if the ...

Bougainville must be able to fund at least half of its budget if the Pacific archipelago’s aspiration of political independence from Papua New Guinea is to be a success, PNG Prime Minister James ...

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Rio Tinto’s abandoned Panguna copper mine in Bougainville continues to generate toxic waste and could spark deadly landslides ...

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 ...

ARAWA, Papua New Guinea — On a warm morning in November, a barrel-chested and battle-scarred man arrived to Capitol Hill for a meeting he hoped would help save his struggling homeland.

The possibility of an independent Bougainville—currently part of Papua New Guinea (PNG)—provides the U.S. an opportunity to be a proactive, rather than reactive, partner to both Bougainville ...

The Panguna mine in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, closed in 1989 after pollution sparked a local rebellion. As many as 20,000 people, close to 10 per cent of the island ...

President Ishmael Toroama, who represents the Autonomous Region of Bougainville within Papua New Guinea, traveled to Washington, D.C. As Pacific leaders tackled numerous high-stakes issues in ...

It has been more than three years since the people of Bougainville voted to decide their political future. The 2019 referendum, that saw 97.7 per cent of voters express a desire for independence over ...

The relationship between Australia and the Autonomous Region of Bougainville is in repair mode following the visit of Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Richard Marles to Papua New ...