Francis Ona, who died July 24 at 52, launched and led a secessionist struggle in the Papua New Guinea island province of Bougainville and later proclaimed himself king of the island, setting up an ...

Just five kilometers from Bougainville’s former provincial capital of Arawa, a rusting sign sprouts from the roadside jungle. “restricted,” it reads in washed-out blood-red letters. “No Go Zone by ...

They wore their best clothes, but the 100 Bougainvilleans who filed into Papua New Guinea’s Parliament on Jan. 23 carried only modest hopes. They had waited through 13 years and six wrecked truces for ...

For 10 years the Bougainvilleans have fought, with bullets and guns, against the world's second largest mining multinational: Rio Tinto. Rio Tinto hid behind multiple veils. The war was — the media ...

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 ...