Papua New Guinea

Two summits involving veterans of the Bougainville civil war are being held ahead of a bigger event next week.

The Special Mining lease Osikaiyang Landowners Association, or SMLOLA, in Bougainville, has welcomed the government's willingness to try and find a resolution to the opening of Panguna.

Pilot error was to blame for a fatal plane crash in Federated States of Micronesia last September.

The United Nations in Papua New Guinea is boosting its presence in the Highlands as it works with the government to improve access to justice for tribal communities.

Papua New Guinea's prime minister says the commission organising Bougainville's independence referendum has asked for a possible extension.

A former leader of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army is one of those working assiduously to ensure the success of the upcoming referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea.

The heads of two of Papua New Guinea's state-owned companies have been arrested this week on unrelated charges.

The Bougainville landowner group, Special Mining Lease Osikaiyang Landowners' Association or SMLOL, has rejected claims by another group claiming rights around the Panguna mine.

Efforts are underway to resettle thousands of people displaced by a volcanic eruption in PNG.

A former commander of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army, Ishmael Toroama, is now a band promoter. Video

The Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says he is prepared to slash his salary by 20 percent now that he is on the Remuneration Commission.

Villagers at the scene of last week's massacre in Papua New Guinea's Hela province are traumatised and living in fear.

Thousands of people who were forced to flee their villages by a volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea may be able to return home from next week.

After a mammoth cross-country vaccination effort, health authorities in Papua New Guinea are confident they've reined in the polio outbreak.

Bougainvilleans have been told to play an active part in preparing for the referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea.

The Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict wants to see immediate action by the Papua New Guinea government to recover illegal weapons.