The Guardian · uk

‘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,…

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