A clash between tribes in Papua New Guinea led to deaths of at least 49 tribesmen. Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Tim Swanston explains why tribal warfare has gotten more deadly recently.

Satellite images show the landslide in Yambali village, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. Maxar Technologies/Reuters The vast size of the slide is even more visible from nearer the ground.

PORT MORESBY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- Lloyd Austin’s arrival in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday marked the first time that an American defense secretary has visited the island nation reflecting its ...

An image taken from drone video shows a landslide in Yambali village, in Papua New Guinea, on Monday. Emergency responders say that up to 8,000 people might need to be evacuated as the boulders ...

Papua New Guinea soldiers were providing security for the convoys. Eight locals were killed in a clash between two rival clans on Saturday in a longstanding dispute unrelated to the landslide.

In addition, more than 150 structures were damaged or buried, Mr. Booth said. The landslide occurred in a remote but densely populated area that is part of the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

A version of this article appears in print on May 28, 2024, Section A, Page 9 of the New York edition with the headline: Landslide Buried 2,000 Alive, Papua New Guinea Says.

But Papua New Guinea government lawyer Oliver Nobetau said he expects more lives will be lost in retaliatory violence. “There’s a big concern that this will continue on.

In 2020, Papua New Guinea had more than 750,000 reported cases of malaria, the most of any country in the Asia-Pacific region.

During his time in Papua New Guinea, Pinto lived with 10 different tribes – including the skeleton tribe, the crocodile people, and the spirit birds.