Bougainville

Bougainville is today marking the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Bougainville Peace Agreement.

The possible independence of Bougainville is the greatest challenge Papua New Guinea faces, the PNG Prime Minister James Marape says.

Foreign aid should be used to help Bougainville achieve sovereign rule, the autonomous region's president Ishmael Toroama says.

The President of Bougainville says the region's political aspirations require a holistic approach as it strives to achieve independence.

The Bougainville Government says it's not worried by statements from Papua New Guinea's Governor General, Sir Bob Dadae, aiming to discourage the push for independence.

The Bougainville Disaster Office says after several days of searching there has been no sign of the six people who went missing while on a trip to Nissan Island.

The landowning group at the site of the Panguna Mine in Bougainville is opposing the plan announced this week to assess the damage caused by the mine.

A man who swam ashore after a boat he and six other were travelling in on Saturday capsized in Bougainville waters, has told officials the seas were very rough.

A boat, with seven people onboard, has disappeared on a trip to the Bougainville's outer islands.

A Bougainville cabinet minister and six other people have been reported missing at sea after departing Buka on Saturday.

Bougainville communities secure commitment from Rio Tinto to assess environmental and human rights impacts of former mine

New figures from PNG's Covid-19 controllers, show just 627 Bougainvilleans have been vaccinated out of a population of about 300,000.

Bougainville's leaders have accepted a deadline of no later than 2027 to gain independence from Papua New Guinea

The Solomon Islands receive a $6m support package, a political figure says Bougainville's main hospital is not fit for purpose, Samoan workers will receive a payout, and a flight has been turned away…

Bougainville's President Ishmael Toroama says the autonomous region is preparing to become independent by 2025. Bougainville expert Anthony Regan talked to RNZ Pacific about if and how that could…

The Papua New Guinea member of parliament for South Bougainville says a violent dispute near Kakemono in south Bougainville is being resolved.

Bougainville's President says he wants the region to have self-government in place by next year.

Allegations of theft have been made by Bougainville's vice president, who is investigating missing payments from a bank to government accounts.