More suspensions as Papua New Guinea govt reacts to riots (www.rnz.co.nz)
The latest victim of last week's rioting and looting in Papua New Guinea's capital is the city's top police commander.
'Uphold the right to life' says human rights watchdog in the aftermath of deadly PNG unrest (www.rnz.co.nz)
Amnesty International is calling on Papua New Guinea authorities to protect human rights in response to the riots.
Tari loyalty a shining light - Post Courier (www.postcourier.com.pg)
Amongst all the destruction and looting in Port Moresby on Wednesday, a positive, touching story shone through from the unlikeliest of sources – a group of Hela betelnut vendors who took up arms to protect Stop N Shop Boroko branch from looters for hours.
PNG PM Marape under pressure to resign as govt MPs step down after riots (www.rnz.co.nz)
A political crisis is brewing in Papua New Guinea as calls are made for Prime Minster James Marape to step down in the wake of deadly riots in parts of the country.
Albanese calls for calm in PNG after riots, looting (www.afr.com)
Mr Albanese said Australia was monitoring the situation via its high commission and had not received any requests for help from Papua New Guinea, which it regularly supports in policing and security.
Chaotic scenes of looting and destruction in PNG's Port Moresby (www.abc.net.au)
Angry mobs storm and pillage shops, setting fire to buildings in the Papua New Guinean capital.
At least 10 dead after looting, fires on Port Moresby's 'darkest day' (www.rnz.co.nz)
Chaos broke out as looters took advantage of a protest by the country's police. As well as those who are dead, dozens are injured.
Medical training in Samoa - Part 1 (www.samoaobserver.ws)
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Papua New Guinea's security personnel storm parliament (www.rnz.co.nz)
Up to 200 police, corrections and army personnel have gathered at the Unagi Oval in Port Moresby to in protest over deductions to their salaries this fortnight.
Starlink gets permission to operate in the Pacific's biggest country - ABC Pacific (www.abc.net.au)
Papua New Guinea has become the latest country in the Pacific to grant a business licence to Elon Musk's satellite internet service Starlink.
$7bn of gold is buried in these PNG hills. The battle to claim it has been called 'Game of Thrones on crack' (www.abc.net.au)
PNG's Porgera gold mine could potentially transform the fortunes of an impoverished province now that it has reopened. But some locals say they've experienced considerable environmental damage from the mine's waste and tailings.
In Bougainville, the 'wanted boys' are known for robbing cashed-up visitors. Police are allegedly orchestrating it (www.abc.net.au)
Chiefs and community leaders in Bougainville want an investigation into police officers over their alleged involvement in arming and orchestrating an organised crime gang that targeted people who had travelled to the autonomous region to buy guns and gold.
PNG's Porgera set to re-open Friday (www.rnz.co.nz)
The long-awaited re-opening of the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea's Enga Province is set to happen on Friday.
[crosspost from kbin] violence disrupts election in papua new guinea’s enga province
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'An open secret': Papua New Guinea's gun problem 'difficult' to solve, journalist says (www.rnz.co.nz) German
A key problem for Papua New Guinea police in getting on top of illegal gun imports is finding the evidence linking to the sponsors of the trade.
Violence disrupts election in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province (www.benarnews.org)
The province’s police commander said clashes resulted in one death and three injuries.
Krita 5.2 released! (krita.org)
After a year of hard work, Krita 5.2 is finally here, bringing a variety of new features, ranging from fundamental changes in text and animation-audio handling to various smaller items like transforming all selected layers! The following fixes were made in response to all your bug reports for the first release candidate:...
Papua New Guinea leader James Marape denies West Papua human rights comments were his (asiapacificreport.nz)
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has backtracked on his comments that PNG had “no right to comment” on human rights abuses in West Papua and has offered a clarification to “clear misconceptions and apprehension”....
