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12 December – Papua New Guinea receives a licence to have a local team play in the Australian National Rugby League beginning in 2028. [16] 22 December – A Britten-Norman BN-2B-26 Islander operated by North Coast Aviation crashes in Sapmanga Valley in Morobe Province. All five occupants were found dead the next day. [17] [18]
The floods ravaged the local economy, and many survived on only one meal per day. The government allocated 10,000 Papua New Guinean kinas ($2,645) for relief assistance. . The country is one of the most at-risk to climate change, ranking 16 according to the 2022 World Risk In
The UN migration agency of Papua New Guinea's Serhan Aktoprak reported that the landslide engulfed and blocked three streams located near the villages affected, soaking the ground even more and increasing the risk of future landslides in the recovery area. [63] According to ABC News, only helicopters could access Kaokalam. [20]
The island of New Guinea lies within the complex zone of collision between the Australian and Pacific plates. Within this overall setting, the active tectonics of northern Papua New Guinea is dominated by the effects of continuing collision between the Huon– Finisterre island arc terrane with the edge of the Australian continental margin .
Residents gather on a street in the Damascus suburb of Jaramana on Dec. 8, 2024, after Syrian rebels said that President Bashar Assad had fled the country. / Credit: LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images
The 2024 Papua New Guinean unrest occurred on 10 January 2024 in Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby, later spreading to Lae and other cities. The unrest began following protests by security officers due to a sudden reduction in their salaries and prime minister James Marape 's tax deduction announcement which was later retracted.
The referendum question was a choice between greater autonomy within Papua New Guinea and full independence for Bougainville, and voters voted overwhelmingly (98.31%) for independence. [46] Negotiations between the Bougainville government and national Papua New Guinea on a path to Bougainville independence began after the referendum, and are ...
Papua New Guinea entered two athletes to compete at the games. Gibson Mara qualified for Paris 2024, following the triumph of winning the final match in his weight class; meanwhile Kevin Kassman fail to win the final match in his weight class, but later on confirmed that he will compete for Paris 2024, after New Zealand taekwondo fail to meet the requirements for NOC nomination.