MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United Nations official said Monday.

Papua New Guinea was dealing with the fallout Thursday of violent riots and looting that shook the capital Port Moresby, with the prime minister vowing repercussions amid calls for his resignation ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have failed to protect the well-being of hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers sent to Manus Island under Australia’s mandatory offshore processing policy.

One Papua New Guinea tribe was on its way to attack another when it was ambushed in the nation's remote highlands, officials say. Tribal violence in Papua New Guinea kills dozens - Los Angeles Times ...

The extremely high rate of family violence in Papua New Guinea (PNG) needs to be addressed, said a long list of countries during PNG’s United Nations Periodic Review, a process in which ...

The United Nations in PNG stands with the government and civil society in condemning this crime. We hope the case becomes a ...

Papua New Guinea government lawyer Oliver Nobetau said he expects more lives will be lost in retaliatory violence. "There's a big concern that this will continue on. Revenge killings tend to be a ...

The South Pacific country of Papua New Guinea has one of the highest rates of gender-based violence in the world. We look at reasons why and what can be done about it.

More than 20 people -- mostly women and children -- have been killed in days of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea, according to officials. Papua New Guinea Acting Police Commissioner Francis ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Days of tribal violence in Papua New Guinea’s mountainous interior have left more than 35 people dead, a police official said on Tuesday.