At the time, Guinea was in the midst of a "political tempest", she wrote. France had promised the country independence, but also required Guineans to vote in a referendum on whether or not the ...
Papua New Guinea's copper- and gold-rich Bougainville region is set to declare independence by 2027, eight years after a landslide vote to secede, its leader said Wednesday. The region -- home to ...
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.
Bougainville must be able to fund at least half of its budget if the Pacific archipelago's aspiration of political independence from Papua New Guinea is to be a success, PNG Prime Minister James ...