‘Cut the umbilical cord’: Bougainville’s bid to break away from Papua New Guinea faces reckoning
2 sources·Updated October 22, 2026
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- RNZ Pacific·3h agoBougainville scars acknowledged as Papua New Guinea MPs near big decision
Emotional debate has taken place in Papua New Guinea's parliament as it debates whether to approve independence for the autonomous region.
Read at RNZ Pacific → - Guardian International·9h ago‘Cut the umbilical cord’: Bougainville’s bid to break away from Papua New Guinea faces reckoning
MPs in PNG to decide on ratifying a 2019 referendum in which Bougainvilleans voted overwhelmingly in favour of independence For decades, the distant island of Bougainville has fought for secession from Papua New Guinea, for a future as an independent nation of its own. This…
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