PNG's second largest. The absence of police encouraged people from the capital's outskirts to ransack shops and cause wider destruction, locals told the BBC. "We have seen unprecedented level of ...

About 670 people are estimated to be buried under a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official says ... conflicts in neighbouring areas. BBC News At least 1,000 people have been ...

Papua New Guinea's prime minister has hailed ties with ... the Pacific region and that is probably still true," he told the BBC. "[But] there is concern in the government and more broadly in ...

Thousands of people are at further risk of landslides in Papua New Guinea, as the search for people ... This video has been optimised for mobile viewing on the BBC News app. The BBC News app ...

After a month of searching, a team in September captured footage of the species deep in the forest of a tiny island off Papua New Guinea. It was a mammoth effort that involved countless interviews ...

Mining giant Rio Tinto is facing accusations that a mine it abandoned in Papua New Guinea two decades ago is ... earlier this month following the news that the company had destroyed sacred ...

Castleford Tigers have signed Papua New Guinea international hooker Judah Rimbu on a two-year deal. The 23-year-old joins the ...

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 ...