Before the Bougainville landings, Allied planners built a strategy around intelligence, diversion, and a risky assault at ...

At Bougainville’s Hornet’s Nest, improvised Stuart flame tanks entered combat for the first time against Japanese defenses.

A tropical archipelago just 1,500 kilometres from Australia, rich in gold and copper, is preparing itself for nationhood next year. But as Bougainville moves towards independence, unresolved conflicts ...

Senior education leaders from across Papua New Guinea have gathered in Bougainville this week for the 35th Senior Education ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s a real chance the world will have to update their maps very soon. A whopping 98 percent of people in the region voted in ...

SYDNEY, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Bougainville Vice President Raymond Masono said he will revive a plan to overhaul the region's mining laws after its ongoing independence referendum, which could strip the ...

The results from the Bougainville Referendum Commission attracted over 181,000 voters (the island nation’s population was 249,358 at the last count) and on Wednesday an overwhelming 98% voted to gain ...

In this November 29, 2019, file photo, the Upe members vote at a men-only voting booth in the Bougainville referendum in Teau, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Credit: Jeremy Miller, Bougainville ...

An ongoing independence referendum does not address the key question at the root of the conflict: the future of the Panguna mine. Over 2,000 residents, including chiefs, elders, and politicians ...

It has been more than three years since the people of Bougainville voted to decide their political future. The 2019 referendum, that saw 97.7 per cent of voters express a desire for independence over ...

Australia could soon have a new nation right on its doorstep, as the people of Bougainville start to cast their votes in a referendum on whether they should seek independence from Papua New Guinea.

Women in tribal colours attend a Bougainville reconciliation ceremony in November An island group that's part of Papua New Guinea is about to vote on independence. And, if the poll goes as expected, ...