Peace negotiations are underway between the Mekamui group's two factions - Mekamui 1 and Mekamui 2 - in the Upper Konnou area ...

The fighting came to an end in 1997 with help from international mediators. The result was the Bougainville Peace Agreement (BPA), the creation in 2005 of the Autonomous Bougainville Government ...

This is the first article in a two-part series on the history, context and key features of the proposed independence constitution that is in the process of being developed for Bougainville ...

The end of the fighting led to the Bougainville Peace Agreement, the creation of the Autonomous Bougainville Government, and the promise of a non-binding referendum on independence. Even in ...

The independence referendum capped a 2001 peace agreement that brought an end to a decade-long war between Bougainville rebels, Papua New Guinea security forces and foreign mercenaries ...

THE PORTILLO EXPEDITION: MYSTERY ON BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND examines the circumstances surrounding the death of Isoroku Yamamoto – the Japanese WWII Admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor surprise ...

The Panguna copper mine in Bougainville continues to generate toxic waste and may spark landslides that could kill people and cause lasting ecological damage. The miner has agreed with community ...

Bougainville, nearly as big as Hawaii’s main ... Together, they snapped them in two and flung them onto the dirt — a gesture ...