Bougainville

The government in the autonomous PNG region of Bougainville has extended the State of Emergency put in place to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

There's a call in Bougainville for more resources to help complete the peace and reconciliation process.

The chair of the Pacific Islands Forum says it's vital there is open and constructive dialogue on the human rights situation in West Papua.

Bougainville's new leader says locals need to return to the innovative, inventive ways they displayed during the civil war.

Police in south Bougainville have received new tyres and fuel for their vehicles and a patrol boat to help in the fight against Covid-19.

The new President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in PNG, Ishmael Toroama, has named a 14 strong Cabinet lineup from the pool of 39 MPs elected last month.

Bougainville's new President, Ishmael Toroama, says establishing law and order is essential if the autonomous region in PNG is to prosper.

Landowners around the Panguna mine in Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville are pleased with a change of heart by mining giant Rio Tinto.

Communities in PNG's Autonomous Region of Bougainville have today filed a human rights complaint against Rio Tinto over the destruction caused by its Panguna mine.

PNG's government has indicated Bougainville will have a new political status in five years time.

The new President of Bougainville, Ishmael Toroama, has been sworn in by PNG Supreme Court Justice, Sir Kina Bona, in Buka.

The last person to be eliminated in the Bougainville presidential race, Peter Tsiamalili, says the new leader has his full support.

The president-elect of Bougainville has thanked the region's voters for giving him the mandate to pursue independence from Papua New Guinea.

Ishmael Toroama has been declared the president-elect in Bougainville following an election process that began in the autonomous PNG region six weeks ago.

Theonila Roka Matbob says she believed she would win her Ioro seat in Bougainville even before she entered the race.

Ishmael Toroama is closing in on the Bougainville presidency.

All the signs are that the Bougainville presidential preference eliminations will go down to the wire.