Port Moresby witnessed the launch of a significant initiative aimed at bolstering women's entrepreneurship in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) on Friday, March 7, 2025.

THE much-anticipated soccer match return leg between the Arawa Soccer Team from the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (AROB) in Papua New Guinea and the Munda-Noro Soccer Team is set to take place in ...

The region voted overwhelmingly for independence from Papua New Guinea in 2019, but realizing this in practice has been far from straightforward. PNG Prime Minister James Marape (left) shakes ...

LONDON, Mar 17 2025 (IPS) - Local communities are finally witnessing progress in their mission for justice, 36 years after the Panguna copper mine in Papua New Guinea’s Autonomous Region of ...

Papua New Guinea's Minister for Bougainville Affairs has told members of parliament (MPs) about the difficulties in getting the Bougainville referendum outcome to parliament. His comments came ...

Leaders of Papua New Guinea and would-be nation Bougainville are holding moderated talks this week in Port Moresby to clarify the province's pathway to independence. Bougainville, an autonomous region ...

The next phase in Bougainville's transition from autonomy to independence has begun after parliamentarians passed a motion Thursday to convert the autonomous region's House of Representatives into ...

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Papua New Guinea's government has finally passed the legislation required to establish a new upstream oil and gas regulator to replace the existing regulator which has for years been the subject ...

The Panguna copper mine in Bougainville continues to generate toxic waste and may spark landslides that could kill people and cause lasting ecological damage. The miner has agreed with community ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private chapel, the Vatican said Tuesday, in signs of continued improvements ...