The Latest Breaking News from Papua New Guinea

Police rescue Keir Starmer from protesters; Sweden move comes as country plans to remove Omicron restrictions on Wednesday

City in Guangxi, with population of 3.7 million, reportedly under lockdown; James Marape tests positive on arrival at Winter Olympics

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Beijing on Thursday for the opening of the Winter Games and will not be traveling to France next week for an Indo-Pacific summit, his office said on Sunday.

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Justice minister says state lacks ability to humanely execute those convicted, while PM says PNG is a ‘Christian nation’

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has agreed a $580 million port upgrade deal with Papua New Guinea's leader James Marape.

Globally, only Papua New Guinea has more mangrove species than Bhitarkanika National Park in the State

Authorities have called for calm while announcing the first case of the virulent strain of Covid-19

The largest international study on rape, carried out by the United Nations for two years involving 10,000 men from Bangladesh, China, Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Sri Lanka, was published in 2013. The study found that rape is not a rarity: one in four men interviewed had raped someone…

The head of the security company that was in charge of the Manus Island detention centre during February's fatal riot has strongly rejected suggestions it invited Papua New Guinea police inside the fence.

A Salvation Army worker identified as allegedly leading a fatal attack on Iranian asylum seeker Reza Berati on Manus Island in February is expected to be charged in Papua New Guinea. The PNG national has been named in an official report into the riots which took place at the Manus…