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Bougainville wants independence. China’s support for a controversial mine could pave the way
Anna-Karina Hermkens receives funding from the Australian Research Council to follow and analyse Bougainville's journey towards independence. Bougainville, an autonomous archipelago currently part ...
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Pacific Island Bougainville's Independence Path Relies on Economy, Says PNG's Marape
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 Minister James ...
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Bougainville’s independence path relies on economy, says PNG’s Marape
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 Minister James ...
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Rio’s abandoned copper mine ‘life-threatening’ to Bougainville locals
Panguna was majority owned by Rio Tinto until 2016, when it relinquished its stake in Bougainville Copper to the Papua New Guinea and Bougainville governments. Bougainville Revolutionary Army ...
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Political deadlock frustrates Bougainville’s aspirations of independence
Nearly five years after the islanders of remote Bougainville voted decisively in a referendum for independence from Papua New Guinea (PNG), local frustrations are rising as the political process ...
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Rio Tinto and Bougainville Copper face class action over mine impact
Miners Rio Tinto and Bougainville Copper (BCL) on Thursday confirmed that class action had been initiated against the companies in Papua New Guinea’s national court. The action, brought on ...
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Canadian junior kicks off exploration programme in Bougainville
marking the first major exploration effort since the signing of the 2001 Peace Accord between Papua New Guinea and Bougainville. The programme, spearheaded by IPDC's Papua New Guinea subsidiary ...
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First Large-Scale Mineral Exploration Program Underway on Bougainville since the 2001 Peace Accord between Papua New Guinea and Bougainville
ARAWA, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, May 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Island Passage Development Canada Limited (IPDC or the Company) announces the commencement of a mineral exploration program ...
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Is Bougainville the next battleground between China and the U.S.?
ARAWA, Papua New Guinea — On a warm morning in November, a barrel-chested and battle-scarred man arrived to Capitol Hill for a meeting he hoped would help save his struggling homeland.
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Bougainville: The U.S. Needs a Proactive Approach Toward the Potential New Country in the Pacific
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 ...
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PNG's retired Major General Jerry Singirok: Sandline Hero to Hollywood Movie Pitch, Country Anxiously Waits for Pitch Result
Papua New Guinea's retired Major General Jerry Singirok recently ... The book tells the true story of Singirok's experience leading the Bougainville crisis in the 1990s when he defied orders to use ...
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Sandline to Hollywood
the people in Bougainville are free and live in harmony.” Bougainvilleans voted over-whelmingly in a referendum in late 2019 agreeing to break away from PNG and form a new country. While many Papua ...