Bougainville province overwhelmingly votes to leave Papua New Guinea in independence referendum. A string of islands to the north east of Queensland could soon be the world’s newest nation after ...

In that case, Bougainville would stay part of PNG and details would be worked out; People vote for independence and PNG accepts the vote. The province would then transition to become a sovereign ...

"To demand that Bougainville should meet some economic threshold or be economically independent before political independence ...

The residents of Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, have voted overwhelmingly in favor of independence. Find out how to travel there and what to do when you arrive.

Reports in Papua New Guinea say the governments of Bougainville and PNG have agreed to table the 2019 independence referendum results in parliament.

The possibility of an independent Bougainville—currently part of Papua New Guinea (PNG)—provides the U.S. an opportunity to be a proactive, rather than reactive, partner to both Bougainville ...

EIGHT suspects are now in police custody in Hela province after community leaders intervened and assisted security personnel ...

Bougainville has twice declared independence - in 1975 at the same time as Papua New Guinea did, and in 1990 during a decade-long war which saw an estimated 20,000 people killed - without recognition.

Italian climate researcher Dr Gianluca Grimalda estimates that the slow travel journey will save around 4.5 metric tonnes of carbon emissions.