Bougainville

The Papua New Guinea Minister of Bougainville Affairs says his government is committed to see that the Bougainville Referendum Commission complete its task and delivers a credible referendum.

The Papua New Guinea cabinet is to meet in the Bougainville town of Buka on Wednesday.

Bougainvilleans eligible to vote in the upcoming referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea, have been encouraged to check the Preliminary Referendum Roll.

A Bougainville MP says policing in the autonomous region needs a huge boost, with November's independence referendum approaching.

Bougainville voters will have to pay four kina to complain about allegedly ineligible voters being on the electoral roll.

The ousted Bougainville Chief Secretary, Joseph Nobetau, has launched legal action over his sacking.

A deadline for the surrender of weapons in Bougainville has been extended another three weeks.

The President of Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville has laid out in a statement why the Chief Secretary Joseph Nobetau had to go.

A-hundred and twenty-one firearms have been collected by the Me'ekamui factions throughout the autonomous Papua New Guinea of Bougainville.

The final outcome of the referendum process must be negotiated, Bougainville's president says.

Bougainville's President is to address the Papua New Guinea parliament this morning about the upcoming independence referendum.

Takuu Island in Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville needs books to fill its library.

More needs to be done to help veterans of the Bougainville civil war, the Papua New Guinea head of NGO Conciliation Resources, Amie Kirkham, says. Audio

Bougainville's chief secretary, Joseph Nobetau, has been sacked but he says the government does not have the constitutional power to fire him.

The Bougainville Referendum Commission is calling for help as it prepares for the public display of electoral rolls in September.

New research in Bougainville shows women face significant threats when it comes time to vote. Audio

The Buka airport in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville is to remain shut until 12 September.

There are reports from Bougainville that all government meetings scheduled for next week have been deferred until September after the shut down of Buka airport.