The Autonomous Bougainville Government signs a secretive deal to reopen a huge gold and copper mine that sparked a ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Bougainville must be able to fund at least half of its budget if the Pacific archipelago's aspiration of political independence from Papua New Guinea is to be a success, PNG Prime ...

Pope Francis has urged Papua New Guinea's leaders to ease tensions with the autonomous island of Bougainville, as fears grow that a stymied bid for independence could rekindle a civil war. The pope ...

Pope Francis on Saturday urged Papua New Guinea's leaders to ease tensions with the autonomous island of Bougainville, as fears grow that a stymied bid for independence could rekindle a civil war. The ...