Papua New Guinea

An Air Niugini flight into Bougainville over the weekend was redirected soon after landing in Buka.

The long-running request for a Special Mining Lease extension for PNG's troubled Porgera mine has been denied.

A team from PNG's mobile police squad has been stranded on Daru Island in Western Province for two weeks.

Covid-19 is exposing the weakness of Papua New Guinea's border security.

A swine fever that's already killed thousands of pigs in Papua New Guinea continues to spread rapidly in the country.

Papua New Guinea has reported its eighth confirmed case of Covid-19, in Eastern Highlands province.

A PNG national trade union leader wants an urgent fix from Prime Minister James Marape, saying the government's support package for public servants is 'blatant discrimination'.

People in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain province are being encouraged to stay home as much as possible.

The controller of the Bougainville State of Emergency, with medical personnel and the Electoral Commissioner, will set the region's election date.

Papua New Guinea's National Court has freed a Manus Island asylum seeker after a year in prison and ordered he be given residency.

Papua New Guinea's Emergency Controller has announced the likely easing of some restrictions put in place in the past month in response to the pandemic.

The Autonomous Bougainville Government in PNG says it's concerned at the slow turnaround of Covid-19 testing.

Papua New Guinea's prime minister says he and other ministers leading the pandemic response have tested negative for covid-19.

Some Pacific Island countries are beginning to emerge from lockdown, as the number of Covid-19 cases across the region inches towards 300.

PNG authorities have urged calm amid tighter restrictions on movement in the capital following a confirmed case of covid-19 there.

The office controlling Papua New Guinea's pandemic response went into lockdown today after the country's third confirmed covid-19 case was announced.

PNG's prime minister has slammed the opposition leader for alleging that he and his political party sought to defraud the country of resources in its fight against Covid-19.

The United Nations is scaling up its support for Papua New Guinea's Covid-19 response.

A women's leader from Arawa, in Bougainville, says the re-opening of the controversial Panguna mine is crucial to the success of the region's independence push from PNG.

Police are investigating after a helicopter company was caught ferrying betel nut into Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands during a Covid-19 lockdown.