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The Bougainville independence movement established the Republic of the North Solomons in 1975, ... The first independence movement emerged in the late 1960s, at a ...
A non-binding independence referendum was held in Bougainville, [1] an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, between 23 November and 7 December 2019.The referendum question presented a choice between greater autonomy within Papua New Guinea and full independence; voters voted overwhelmingly (98.31%) for independence.
Bougainville Independence Movement (BIM) was a political party in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, of eastern Papua New Guinea. The party's creation was announced on 6 April 2005 by James Tanis , who invited rebel leader Francis Ona to lead the group.
Bougainville voted for independence under a 2001 peace process in a referendum five years ago but PNG's parliament is yet to endorse it. A New Zealand mediator was recently appointed on the matter.
The Bougainville conflict, also known as the Bougainville Civil War, was a multi-layered armed conflict fought from 1988 to 1998 in the North Solomons Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG) between PNG and the secessionist forces of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA), and between the BRA and other armed groups on Bougainville.
James Tanis was formerly the deputy leader of Bougainville People's Congress, [17] but founded the Bougainville Independence Movement party to contest the election. [3] Joel Banam was Chairman of the Leitana Council of Elders; Bartholomew Kigina hailed from Buin in South Bougainville. [9] [17]
He was also the official spokesman of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army. [12] In Australia, he helped establish the Bougainville Freedom Movement in support of Bougainvillean independence. [1] Havini attended the 1991 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Zimbabwe to lobby for an end to Papua New Guinea's blockade of Bougainville. [13]
More important were the centrifugal forces in the country. There was a rival political party with mass following in the highlands, the Compass party. A separatist movement was pleading for separate independence for Papua apart from New Guinea. In Bougainville, there were forces claiming independence.