Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has launched a major review of the country's electoral system.

The head of football in Vanuatu has taken over leadership of the Oceania Football Confederation after its previous president resigned amid corruption allegations.

A leading Bougainvillean governance and mineral specialist has been knighted in Papua New Guinea's Queen's Birthday honours.

The Asian Development Bank plans to support more than US$1 billion in energy investments in the Pacific between now and 2021.

Dozens of local councillors from districts in Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands have signed a series of guidelines on tribal fighting.

Bougainville Copper is making misleading claims about the support it has for re-starting mining at Panguna, a landowner group says.

The Papua New Guinea Hunters returned to winning ways in the Intrust Super Cup rugby league competition with a 26-12 victory over bottom club Mackay Cutters.

Challenges may arise in Papua New Guinea as some communities displaced by February's earthquake do not want to return home, the Red Cross says.

PNG Hunters coach Michael Marum is demanding a better defensive effort in tomorrow's Intrust Super Cup clash against the bottom placed Mackay Cutters.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Papua New Guinea says the victims of the February earthquake desperately need assistance.

The Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has launched a $US145 million power project for the Highlands region which is funded by China.

The Asian Development Bank has approved a $US195 million finance package to help improve healthcare in Papua New Guinea.

The failure to dispose of all weapons in Papua New Guinea's autonomous region of Bougainville could prove to be a major obstacle to the 2019 referendum on independence.

Papua New Guinea Hunters players have appealed to the public to be on their best behaviour during and after tonight's State of Origin rugby league opener between Queensland and New South Wales.

A Manus Island refugee charged after allegedly assaulting a doctor is the victim of negligence, a journalist says.

Health workers in Papua New Guinea are calling for dramatic change as hospital shelves run bare. Some hospitals are scrounging for stocks of life saving drugs like antiretrovirals; Some remote centres…

Chinese aid money may have been used to fund an alleged $US780,000 bribe to the former prime minister of Papua New Guinea, Sir Michael Somare.

Vanuatu's maritime regulator has detained a Papua New Guinea-flagged vessel after it failed an inspection.

The General Secretary of the Oceania Weightlifting Federation says it will be "sensational" if Papua New Guinea's Dika Toua is awarded another Commonwealth Games gold medal but lamented the athlete…