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Program: PNG parliament set to vote on endorsing Bougainville independence next month

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President Ishamel Toroama has again lashed out at the PNG government for dragging its feet over Bougainville's pathway to independence, but agreement has finally been reached on tabling the results of the 2019 independence referendum in Papua New Guinea's parliament next month.

Indonesia's security forces have launched a joint operation to pursue the group of West Papua National Liberation Army fighters who killed five road construction workers in Papua's Highland province, amid reports of an escalating conflict.

NZ Super Rugby maestro Willie Walker is targeting a World Cup quarter final after taking over as head coach of Fijiana.

Around 50 thousand years ago a unique Kangaroo lived in the mountain rainforest of New Guinea. Not much is known about the megafauna, but the discovery of a single tooth from the Lachitu Cave on Papua New Guinea's northwest in 2024 shows the species did not become extinct as previously thought.

Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Bougainville, Fiji, Papua, World Politics, Foreign Affairs, Marine Parks, Civil Unrest, Armed Conflict, Rugby Union, Mammals