Landowners have warned they fear further deaths and violence at the Porgera gold mine if the Papua New Guinea government does ...

Papua New Guinea security personnel have been authorized to use “lethal force” to quell violence between illegal miners and ...

Papua New Guinea’s legal framework intricately weaves together common, customary, and statutory laws, with customary law often taking precedence, says Nicholas Collier Papua New Guinea's (PNG) legal ...

Other socio-cultural challenges could upend the economy including chronic law and order and land tenure issues. In August, 2017, PNG launched its first-ever national trade policy, PNG Trade Policy ...

Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has resulted in the deaths of 20 to 50 people. The conflict, located in the ...

Yet despite the multiple factors contributing to PNG’s “law and order” problems, it is common to focus on just one: the shortcomings of the country’s law enforcement agencies. As a result ...

Papua New Guinea has granted police emergency powers to quell spiralling violence in the Porgera Valley, blaming "illegal settlers" squatting near one of the country's largest gold mines.

Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has resulted in the deaths of between 20 and 50 people. The conflict, ...

Mark A. Hammer is managing attorney of The Hammer Law Firm, LLC, specializing in Federal and State criminal defense trial practice. A 1986 graduate of the University of Iowa College of Law, he left a ...

A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck in the Bismarck Sea off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the United States Geological Survey said.

The violence occurred near the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea's central highlands A series of shootouts between rival tribes over a disputed gold mine has left at least 30 people dead in ...

A series of shootouts between rival tribes over a disputed gold mine has left at least 30 people dead in Papua New Guinea, police said on Monday. Security forces have been given emergency powers ...