The climate is changing, science shows. And according to some estimates, it could create anywhere between 200 million and 1.2 ...

This tiny island has been seeking independence from Papua New Guinea for decades, with a key deadline looming.

There is an island in the South Pacific half the size of Wales which is set to become the world's youngest country. Bougainville is a remote part of Papua New Guinea where the mining giant Rio ...

Women in tribal colours attend a Bougainville reconciliation ceremony in November An island group that's part of Papua New Guinea is about to vote on independence. And, if the poll goes as ...

The people of Bougainville, an island group in Papua New Guinea, have voted overwhelmingly for independence. Voters had two options - more autonomy, or full independence. Of the 181,000 ballots ...

The guerrillas relay the belief that they fight to defend their independence and preserve the local environment on the island of Bougainville.

An initial hearing of a class action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the toxic legacy of the Panguna copper mine on the autonomous island of Bougainville has been held in Papua New Guinea.

Rio Tinto says it is willing to discuss the future of the island's Panguna copper mine with concerned locals. Rio Tinto subsidiary Bougainville Copper’s Panguna mine has lain dormant since 1988 ...

One night in 1943, a group of U.S. Marines fighting Japanese forces on Bougainville Island in the South Pacific struggled for hours with using a machine to decode a message from their regiment ...

The island of Bougainville in the South Pacific was the site of one of the largest and most gruelling campaigns fought by Australian forces during the Second World War. During the offensive against ...