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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.
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 are found dead the next day. [17] [18]
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Barrick Gold has suspended operations at its Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea until Thursday after tribal violence in the region killed at least 20.
The February 2024 Enga Province massacre occurred on 18 February, 2024, where dozens of people were shot and 44 killed in a tribal dispute in Wapenamanda District, Enga Province, the remote highlands region of Papua New Guinea. [1] Casualties numbered at least 49, including both combatants and bystanders. [2]
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]
As a member of the Gang of Four in the 1970s, Morauta led the post-independence process of building financial infrastructure in Papua New Guinea as secretary of finance. He later became managing director of the state-owned Papua New Guinea Banking Corporation, and governor of the country's central bank. Morauta died in 2020. [4]
Justin Wayne Tkatchenko, CBE BEM (born 2 June 1972) [2] is an Australian-born Papua New Guinean politician. He currently served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Papua New Guinea since 18 January 2024.
He was the son of an Australian father and a Papua New Guinean mother. Though his career was turbulent and often marked by setbacks, he served in the highest posts in his country: prime minister of Papua New Guinea, speaker of the National Parliament, and as acting governor-general of Papua New Guinea.