Pope Francis called for a 'definitive solution' to avoid reigniting tensions over Bougainvillians' independence bid ...

An Australian plan to improve policing in the Pacific deals with just one element of the islands’ crime and conflict problem ...

Pope Francis on Saturday urged Papua New Guinea's leaders to ease tensions with the autonomous island of Bougainville, as fears grow that a stymied bid for independence could rekindle a civil war.

On Sunday, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of Bougainville Island in Papua New Guinea, according to the US ...

Pope Francis on Saturday called for better treatment of workers in Papua New Guinea, a nation of some 600 islands in the ...

BUKA Island's Bamboo Posu Band is in Port Moresby entertaining city residents as part of its contribution towards the country ...

Rio Tinto says it is willing to discuss the future of the island's Panguna copper mine with concerned locals. Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper’s Panguna mine has lain dormant since 1988 ...

AUSTRALIA’S Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Pat Conroy, will arrive in the country today.