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Papua New Guinea
Asia’s Indigenous Voices: Defending Sacred Lands
By Jon Letman
From Borneo to Kyrgyzstan, Asia’s indigenous peoples link environmental conservation and preservation of their heritage.
Port Moresby Shooting Highlights PNG Aid Needs
An incident in which police fired into a crowd of college students highlights the dire need for improved aid programs.
Interview: Charles Lepani
By Ben Weir
"We have become independent, we run our own country. You can’t keep blaming Australia or Australians."
Police in Papua New Guinea Shoot at Student Protesters
By Grant Wyeth
Public sentiment and student fervor focused on allegations that Prime Minister Peter O’Neill is corrupt have begun to merge.
Staying Afloat: The Future of the Melanesian Economies
By Sally Andrews
"Aid dependency, resource dependency, and natural disasters remain huge challenges for the region."
Papua New Guinea's Struggle With Domestic and Sexual Violence
By Camilla Capasso
PNG has some of the highest levels of family and sexual violence in the world.
Will the Manus Island Decision Put an End to Australia’s 'Pacific Solution'?
By Grant Wyeth
Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court ruled the detention center “unconstitutional and thus invalid.”
Corruption and Chaos in Papua New Guinea
By Sally Andrews
A two-plus-year corruption investigation into PNG's prime minister comes to a head.
Time for Australia to Reconsider PNG Aid
By Chris Sheahan
The current approach to aid for Papua New Guinea is seriously flawed.
States-in-Waiting: Introducing Your Future Pacific Neighbors
By Sally Andrews
The world's newest states are likely to emerge from the Pacific Islands. Why is no one paying attention?
Papua New Guinea's Tuberculosis Pandemic
By Georgia Eccles
With one of the highest infection rates in the world, drug-resistant strains of tuberculosis are causing a crisis in PNG.
Papua New Guinea: Where Property Is More Expensive Than Manhattan
By Sally Andrews
97 percent of land in Papua New Guinea is held under customary title, leading to sky-high prices for the remaining 3 percent.