A tropical archipelago just 1,500 kilometres from Australia is readying to become the world's newest country. But as Bougainville nears independence, memories of a bloody past are coming back to the ...

Where Navionics charts fail and carved canoes still outnumber fiberglass, Bougainville rewards sailors willing to show up.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s a real chance the world will have to update their maps very soon. A whopping 98 percent of people in the region voted in ...

Having reported the death of its CEO Johnny Patterson Auna in August 2025, ASX-listed Bougainville Copper has appointed ...

SYDNEY, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Bougainville Vice President Raymond Masono said he will revive a plan to overhaul the region's mining laws after its ongoing independence referendum, which could strip the ...

The results from the Bougainville Referendum Commission attracted over 181,000 voters (the island nation’s population was 249,358 at the last count) and on Wednesday an overwhelming 98% voted to gain ...

Bougainville President Ishmael Toroama has struck back at the Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles's comments in support of Papua New Guinea last week as an attack on Bougainville's aspirations ...

SYDNEY, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Bougainville Vice President Raymond Masono says he will revive a plan to overhaul the region's mining laws after the independence referendum, which could strip the former ...

The Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) and Steamships Trading Company (Steamships) are pleased to announce the signing ...

After seeing overwhelming support for Bougainville independence in a 2019 referendum, there is some frustration over perceived foot-dragging by PNG. In this November 29, 2019, file photo, the Upe ...

Women in tribal colours attend a Bougainville reconciliation ceremony in November An island group that's part of Papua New Guinea is about to vote on independence. And, if the poll goes as expected, ...