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Voting starts in troubled PNG
AFP, Published on 23/06/2012
» Voting began in Papua New Guinea on Saturday in polls seen as a watershed moment after months of political uncertainty in the struggling Pacific nation on the brink of a huge resources boom.
Veteran leader says PNG becoming 'laughing stock'
AFP, Published on 31/05/2012
» Veteran Papua New Guinean leader Sir Michael Somare on Thursday hit out at rival Peter O'Neill, saying he had made the impoverished country "the laughing stock of the Pacific and the Commonwealth".
Second PNG judge charged with sedition
AFP, Published on 29/05/2012
» Papua New Guinea police Monday charged a second top judge with sedition, following a supreme court ruling that Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's rise to power was unlawful.
Commonwealth calls for respect of law in PNG
AFP, Published on 25/05/2012
» The Commonwealth bloc of nations Friday called on Papua New Guinea to respect the rule of law and the judiciary's independence after its chief justice was charged with sedition.
Papua New Guinea court calls for Somare's return
AFP, Published on 22/05/2012
» Papua New Guinea's veteran leader Sir Michael Somare Tuesday described a Supreme Court decision calling for him to be reinstated over Prime Minister Peter O'Neill as a "triumphant day".
PNG's Somare pulls out of election: daughter
AFP, Published on 07/05/2012
» Papua New Guinea's "Grand Chief" Michael Somare will not contest elections in June, his daughter said on Monday, ending more than four decades at the centre of the developing nation's political life.
Protest in PNG draws thousands calling for polls
AFP, Published on 10/04/2012
» Thousands of Papua New Guineans rallied in the capital Port Moresby on Tuesday to protest at any delays to elections, seen as crucial as the country rests on the cusp of a resources boom.
PNG prime minister says vote to go ahead in June
AFP, Published on 09/04/2012
» Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said the nation would go to the polls in June as planned, despite a parliamentary vote for a six-month delay.
PNG elections chief says vote to proceed in June
AFP, Published on 09/04/2012
» Papua New Guinea's electoral commissioner insisted Monday that the Pacific nation would go to the polls in June as planned, despite a parliamentary vote for a six-month delay.
PNG's leader wants elections 'on track'
AFP, Published on 07/04/2012
» Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill appeared to backtrack on a decision to delay elections by six months, saying parliament had been incorrectly briefed.