Papua New Guinea

After an elaborate tribal welcome to the mountains of PNG, the Australian PM spent the night camping on the Kokoda Track in an Anzac Day trek aimed at drawing the two countries closer.

Papua New Guinea is failing to meet its guarantees of human rights and civic freedoms, an international alliance of civil society groups warns.

Papua New Guinea is considering looking at overseas solutions, perhaps from even as far as Africa, to find solutions to its gun crime problem. Audio

Hundreds of high-powered firearms - allegedly stolen from weapons disposal sites - are still in use today, the police chief in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville says.

The Vatican's media team says Pope Francis will visit Papua New Guinea from 6-9 September.

A multilateral conference in Papua New Guinea has been organised with the hope of formulating a government policy that will reduce gun violence in the country.

The Paediatric Society of Papua New Guinea has renewed calls to end childhood tuberculosis which impacts thousands of young lives in light of world health day.

The Papua New Guinea government's plans to establish a gold refinery - an idea that has been around for a number of years - have drawn withdrawn widespread criticism. Audio

The recent performances of the Papua New Guinea national men's and women's teams have put Papua New Guinea cricket on the world map.

A Samoan doctor, who has lived and worked in Papua New Guinea for more than 40 years, wants to help out the women farmers there. Audio

A retired Catholic archbishop, who led a campaign against a Malaysian developer in PNG more than a decade ago, hopes the Supreme Court will direct it to renegotiate land agreements with landowners.