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At least 20 people are killed in clashes between illegal miners near the Porgera Gold Mine in Porgera, Papua New Guinea.
2024-09-15

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain.
2022-04-13

New Zealand sends doctors to Papua New Guinea, after Papua New Guinea formally requested international help to combat the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country.
2021-11-13

Papua New Guinea police officers shoot and kill 11 prisoners after a mass jailbreak on Friday. At least 34 prisoners remain at large.
2020-08-18

Papua New Guinea student protest leader Noel Anjo says demonstrations will continue despite the court order barring protests. "The students are not going to give up until and unless the prime minister resigns or surrenders himself to police and is arrested and charged," Anjo said.
2016-06-9

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Papua New Guinea prompts a tsunami warning for Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
2015-03-30

An official from Papua New Guinea's maritime safety authority estimates that 100 people were trapped aboard the ferry Rabaul Queen which sank off the northeast coast yesterday.
2012-02-3

A landslide in central Papua New Guinea leaves four people dead and 60 missing.
2012-01-25

A strong earthquake of 6.6 magnitude occurs off the coast of New Britain in Papua New Guinea but no tsunami warning is issued.
2011-06-16

Papua New Guinea Deputy Prime Minister Puka Temu joins with opposition MPs in an attempt to bring down the government of Prime Minister Michael Somare.
2010-07-19