The incident is thought to be linked to a conflict between Sikin, Ambulin and Kaekin tribesmen. Highland clans have fought each other in Papua New Guinea for centuries, but an influx of automatic ...

The PNG PM who tried to crush the Bougainville rebellion with foreign mercenaries then became an unlikely ally for ...

Marape said his nation was "needlessly dragged into a conflict that was not their doing". Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands remain littered with wartime human remains, plane wrecks, ship wrecks ...

The Indonesian government has consistently rejected calls for Papua’s independence. The region is home to the Grasberg mine, ...

The Indonesian government’s proposal to grant amnesty to pro-independence rebels in West Papua has stirred scepticism as the administration of new President Prabowo Subianto seeks to deal with the ...

Credit: Richard Wall Papua New Guinea has some of the most treacherous terrain in the world, and the light aircraft funded by MAF play a key role in keeping the islands connected. The charity has ...