Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have failed to protect the well-being of hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers sent to Manus Island under Australia’s mandatory offshore processing policy.

The June–July 2017 national elections in Papua New Guinea (PNG) were expected to reinforce Prime Minister O’Neill’s grip on power. Instead, the poll was most remarkable for its anti-O’Neill sentiment.

Sorcery-related violence surges in PNG as women attacked and murdered, accused of witchcraft. ... Posted Sun 29 Oct 2017 at 2:58pm Sunday 29 Oct 2017 at 2:58pm Sun 29 Oct 2017 at 2:58pm, ...

The last time PNG enacted such a measure was in 2000. The Government also tried a gun amnesty in January, and sent troops and police to Hela Province in response to a rise in gun violence.

It is for all of these reasons that a website launched this year, ‘PNG Speaks’, is so welcome. The website, a partnership between the National Museum and Art Gallery of Papua New Guinea, The ...

It was forced to close one camp, on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island, on October 31, but hundreds of refugees have refused to leave it for new, PNG-run transit centres.

In February 2017 PNG Power cut off electricity to a number of state customers, including the Parliament House, the national police headquarters and the Government House. The state-owned company said ...

Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court has rejected an application that would have seen food and water provided to 600 refugees and asylum seekers who’ve been without adequate provisions for seven days.

Manus Island: Fears of violence as PNG forces enter. Security forces storm former Australian detention camp to remove hundreds of refugees refusing for weeks to leave.

Although it recorded double-digit expansion during the boom years of 2010 to 2013, Papua New Guinea’s construction industry faces a challenging operating environment in 2017. Growth contracted in 2014 ...

Papua New Guinea has qualified for the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier 2017 after winning the East Asia Pacific Region Qualifier, which concluded in Samoa on Friday. In the three-team double-league ...