Bougainville

A landowning group at the site of Bougainville's Panguna Mine says it has referred the government's controversial mining plans to the Papua New Guinea Ombudsman.

Bougainville deputy police commissioner, Chief Inspector Francis Tokura, says there is nothing suspicious about the presence there of Australia Federal Police last week.

A landowning group in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville says many people remain strongly opposed to planned changes to the Mining Act.

Papua New Guinea's government has released more funds promised to Bougainville for preparation for its upcoming independence referendum.

The Solomon Islands prime minister has suggested that the independence referendum in Bougainville should be deferred.

Ex-combatants in central Bougainville surrendered five illegal guns to police in Arawa earlier this week.

The Bougainville parliament is due to consider controversial amendments to the Mining Act when parliament resumes next week.

The President of Bougainville has called on the new Papua New Guinea Prime Minister to quickly sort out issues or they risk undermining the referendum.

A former leading public servant in Bougainville wants the courts to look at the eligibility rules for the referendum on independence from Papua New Guinea.

An academic says more effort needs to go into explaining the options for Bougainvilleans preparing to vote on possible independence from Papua New Guinea.

The Bougainville government in Papua New Guinea has sacked another seven staff for misconduct.

Continued funding delays for the Bougainville Referendum Commission are appalling, Papua New Guinea's deputy opposition leader says.

Bougainville's chief referendum officer, Mauricio Claudio, says just a fraction of the funding promised by the Papua New Guinea national government has been received.

A women's leader in the Papua New Guinea autonomous region of Bougainville says teachers are often failing to turn up to class.

A senior member of the police service in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville has raised concerns that they do not have a proper prison facility.

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