Pacific island nation’s four-time prime minister was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early February.
Pacific island nation’s four-time prime minister was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early February.
The people of remote Pacific island battled corporate greed and war on its long road to independence.
China-Taiwan fistfight in Fiji raises concerns that broader US-China rivalry could destabilise the Pacific.
Ishmael Toroama is set to lead independence talks for the autonomous territory in the remote east of Papua New Guinea.
Government orders mandatory wearing of face masks in capital Port Moresby to help contain spread of deadly COVID-19.
His arrest is part of a probe into the alleged unauthorised purchase of two Israeli generators while in office.
People in the island nations have some of world’s highest rates of diabetes and obesity, and health systems are weak.
South Pacific region votes overwhelmingly in non-binding referendum that could create world’s newest nation.
Pacific island once ravaged by fierce fighting expected to overwhelmingly back independence from Papua New Guinea.
Two weeks of voting concludes on Pacific island chain that could kick off creation of world’s newest country.
About 207,000 Bougainvilleans are registered to vote on whether Melanesian isles will become world’s newest country.
Referendum vote will continue until December 7 amid expectations territory’s 200,000 people will back independence.
Kurdish-Iranian journalist tells Al Jazeera that housing refugees in offshore detention facilities is ‘barbaric’.
The Kurdish Iranian writer, held in PNG since 2013, says he may seek asylum in New Zealand or the US.