Papua New Guinea

How many times? Reckoning with gender-based violence in PNG
How many times? Reckoning with gender-based violence in PNG
A little more than a year ago, 19-year-old Jenelyn Kennedy’s bruised and battered body was found outside the Port Moresby General Hospital’s emergency room. Kennedy’s alleged…
Bougainville independence: Pressure for PNG agreement builds
Bougainville independence: Pressure for PNG agreement builds
The second constitutionally mandated post-referendum consultations between Papua New Guinea and Bougainville leaders about independence for Bougainville are being planned for late…
PNG: What to expect in the 2022 elections?
PNG: What to expect in the 2022 elections?
Papua New Guinea will conduct its tenth national election in 2022. A by-election held this week for the Port Moresby North West (MNW) electorate provides a preview of what to…
Samoa’s constitutional crisis and the dangers that have gone before
Samoa’s constitutional crisis and the dangers that have gone before
The April election in Samoa has set off a constitutional crisis that finds two rival leaders in a deadlock over the prime minister’s office and threatens the foundations of the…
PNG can’t turn a blind eye to the conflict next door
PNG can’t turn a blind eye to the conflict next door
A video recently surfaced on social media in Papua New Guinea, featuring a group of about 20 men, gathered around their apparent leader, declaring war on Indonesia. “People of…
Power politics lies behind how new countries are born – or not
Power politics lies behind how new countries are born – or not
Book review: Gëzim Visoka, John Doyle and Edward Newman (eds) Routledge Handbook of State Recognition (Routledge 2019) At the school hall in Buka, in that heady hour after the…
Accountability is the path to better governance in PNG
Accountability is the path to better governance in PNG
When we look at progress in decentralisation in Papua New Guinea over the last 20 years – the sole continuous and overriding policy priority of successive governments – many…
Why not try? What a Papua New Guinean team could bring to the NRL
Why not try? What a Papua New Guinean team could bring to the NRL
At present, Port Moresby’s sports fields are silent. The Covid-19 pandemic has temporarily halted what would ordinarily be a gathering in the Papua New Guinea capital of deafening…
Coronavirus: PNG is on the precipice and it needs an urgent intervention
Commentary
Coronavirus: PNG is on the precipice and it needs an urgent intervention
Originally published in The Australian.
When will PNG establish a National Human Rights Commission?
When will PNG establish a National Human Rights Commission?
Corruption is one of the biggest challenges in Papua New Guinea, according to Transparency International PNG. In 2020, the government successfully established the Independent…