Hundreds of women and children have been displaced and there were reports of food shortages after five days of brutal fighting which broke out on Wednesday last week between rival clans living near the Porgera gold mine. Photo: Supplied
The police and military in Papua New Guinea are struggling to cope with chronic tribal "revenge killings" among "local terrorists" with high powered weapons in Enga Province.
Reports from people on the ground after the latest clash place the death toll at about 50, but no official figures have been released.
Hundreds of women and children have been displaced and there were reports of food shortages after five days of brutal fighting between rival clans living near the Porgera gold mine, which began last Wednesday.
RNZ Pacific's Margot Staunton has more.
