The deadly violence in Port Moresby has several triggers – but deeper answers can be found in the city’s history.
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The security treaty signed last week is the logical next step in the two countries’ relationship. But Australia’s interests in PNG should remain broad-based.
The government is gifting 8,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Papua New Guinea for frontline health workers, and is requesting an additional 1,000,000 doses from European authorities for the pacific nation.
China made a huge splash in PNG in late 2018 with infrastructure investments and loan pledges. But since then, it has struggled to make inroads due, in part, to anti-Chinese sentiment.
With an overwhelming referendum result, Bougainville has just taken an important step to becoming an independent nation.
From a naval base development to asylum seekers on Manus Island, there were many things the two leaders had to discuss.
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