Port Moresby

Mass rally for Port Moresby

Jo Chandler and Eoin Blackwell Protests planned in PNG as O'Neill moves to defer national elections and sack judges.

Fears for PNG towns after quake

A strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake has rocked Papua New Guinea's north. Seismologists warn there could be considerable damage in Aitape, where a giant tsunami in 1998 killed more than 2000 people.

'Sorcery' killer jailed for 30 years in PNG

A Papua New Guinean who accused his aunt of sorcery and killed her with an axe has been jailed for 30 years, days after the United Nations urged a tougher stance on such murders.

Four arrested over PNG gang rape

Police in Papua New Guinea have detained four men over the gang-rape of a US academic after a massive manhunt, with officials urging locals to help find five suspects still on the run.

Witch-hunt

Tim Elliott Witch burning, torture and sorcery are still frighteningly common in Papua New Guinea, and the victims are invariably women, writes Tim Elliott.

PNG ponders imposition of the death penalty

Eoin Blackwell PORT MORESBY: Papua New Guinea's government is considering backing the death penalty in a bid to deter crimes against women and "sorcery"-related killings.

Woman burnt for 'sorcery'

Port Moresby THE people responsible for burning a young woman alive in a Papua New Guinea town after she was accused of sorcery will be caught and punished, police say.

Charles pays tribute to PNG's Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels

THE Prince of Wales has recalled the extraordinary courage of Papua New Guinea's Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, who helped Australian troops during World War II.

Poet and firebrand finds herself in good company

Jo Chandler LOUJAYA Toni spent much of the past few years toiling in the vegetable garden she had inherited from her late mother on the outskirts of Lae, Papua New Guinea's second largest city.

PNG police block parliament ahead of court hearing

Eoin Blackwell in Port Moresby A GROUP police officers has blockaded the entrance to Papua New Guinea's parliament house, as the political turmoil in the country continues.

PNG calls state of emergency in capital

Eoin Blackwellm, Port Moresby Papua New Guinea MPs have voted to declare a state of emergency in the nation's capital after rogue police officers surrounded Parliament House.

PNG's top job up for grabs again

Port Moresby Peter O'Neill said he will stand again for Papua New Guinea's prime ministership.

Battle to keep PNG ballot boxes safe

Hamish McDonald, Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea Elections are falling behind schedule across the densely populated Highlands of Papua New Guinea as poor preparations cause angry scenes and security forces battle to keep ballot boxes safe.

One woman defies the man's world of PNG

Hamish McDonald Grey-bearded Simon Parua Kuri, aged about 82, is a revered former 'big man' in politics around Mount Hagen, emerging from a semi-literate traditional background to hold a seat in Parliament for 15...

PNG cult killings disrupt elections

Hamish McDonald, Port Moresby Voting in Papua New Guinea looks set to go into an unscheduled third week as polls in the violence-prone Highlands provinces will not be completed by Friday.

Two Australians in PNG chopper crash

Tim Barlass A helicopter carrying two Australians and a New Zealander has crashed in Papua New Guinea, civil aviation authorities say.

Australians feared dead in PNG chopper crash

Tim Barlass Two Australians and a New Zealander are feared dead after a helicopter issued a mayday call and disappeared on Friday afternoon in Papua New Guinea.

Search widens for Aussies in lost chopper

Electronic surveillance is being used as the search widens for a helicopter that went down in dense jungle in Papua New Guinea with two Australians and a New Zealander on board.