Bougainville General Election process is formally underway following the official issuance of the election writs by the ...

Faith leaders across Bougainville are actively partnering with the Office of the Bougainville Electoral Commissioner (OBEC) ...

The Bougainville election process begins today with the issuance of the writs on Monday. Nominations open Tuesday, 8 July and close on Thursday, 10 July. Voting is scheduled for one week starting on 2 ...

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

Bougainville’s cobalt-blue flag was tossed to an outside wall next to a clock honoring the island’s unique time zone, one ...

From colonial occupation and environmental destruction to cultural revival, armed resistance, and a bold vision for ...

Bougainville's autonomous government wants a commitment from PNG that it will table the results of an independence referendum ...

The name “Bougainville” (pronounced Bo-gan-ville) is etched into the Iwo Jima Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. Americans with long memories may recall Bougainville’s role in World War II ...

Bougainville faces an array of challenges – political, practical, and developmental hurdles among them – that obstruct its long-awaited welcome to the world stage.

Bougainville has a long history of unwanted interference from outsiders, including missionaries, plantation owners and colonial administrations (German, British, Japanese and Australian).

Bougainville was PNG's economic powerhouse for two decades until 1989, when a bloody civil war erupted over revenue from Panguna, the world's third-biggest open cut gold and copper mine and ...

The first hearing date has been set in a class action against miner Rio Tinto for historical environmental and social damage caused by the Bougainville copper mine in Papua New Guinea that it ...