Shootouts between hundreds of tribal warriors have left at least 30 people dead in Papua New Guinea's highlands, police said ...
A series of shootouts between rival tribes over a disputed gold mine has left at least 30 people dead in Papua New Guinea, ...
Papua New Guinea has granted police emergency powers to quell spiralling violence in the Porgera Valley, blaming "illegal settlers" squatting near one of the country's largest gold mines.
At least 26 people were killed, including 16 children, when three Papua New Guinea villages in East Sepik province were ...
PORT MORESBY - Papua New Guinea has granted police emergency powers to quell spiralling violence in the Porgera Valley, ...
The Porgera gold mine once accounted for around 10 percent of Papua New Guinea's yearly export earnings ... were attacked earlier this year. In 2022, gunfights between rival clans living near ...
Local officials say an influx of weapons into the remote highlands has exacerbated the violence between rival groups.