The region voted overwhelmingly for independence from Papua New Guinea in 2019, but realizing this in practice has been far from straightforward. The people of Bougainville, President Ishmael ...

The next phase in Bougainville's transition from autonomy to independence has begun after parliamentarians passed a motion Thursday to convert the autonomous region's House of Representatives into ...

I n Bougainville, an autonomous region that's long sought complete independence from Papau New Guinea, reigns King David Peii ...

ARAWA, Papua New Guinea — On a warm morning in November, a barrel-chested and battle-scarred man arrived to Capitol Hill for a meeting he hoped would help save his struggling homeland.