UN urges Papua New Guinea to fight sorcery
Papua New Guinea must tackle the scourge of sorcery-related murder, the United Nations said, after an elderly woman was beheaded in the Pacific nation.
April 12 2013, 12:45 pm
Read MorePapua New Guinea must tackle the scourge of sorcery-related murder, the United Nations said, after an elderly woman was beheaded in the Pacific nation.
April 12 2013, 12:45 pm
Read MoreA US academic has been gang-raped by an armed mob in Papua New Guinea, barely a week after an Australian was killed and his friend sexually assaulted by a group of men.
April 21 2013, 1:17 pm
Read MoreA 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and no damage was immediately reported.
April 24 2013, 11:12 am
Read MoreThe attack comes barely a week after an Australian was killed and his friend sexually assaulted by a group of men.
April 21 2013, 4:46 pm
Read MorePapua New Guinea police charged two people today with the grisly killing of a woman who was burned alive in front of hundreds of people, including young children, after being accused of witchcraft.
February 18 2013, 2:44 pm
Read MoreThe brutal slaying of 20-year-old mother of one Kepari Leniata has been condemned by Papua New Guinea`s Prime Minister, police and diplomatic observers.
February 8 2013, 8:43 am
Read MoreA strong 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the US Geological Survey reported, but a tsunami warning was not issued.
April 14 2013, 9:48 am
Read MoreTwo elderly women were beheaded in Papua New Guinea after being tortured for three days, a report said, the latest in a string of sorcery-related crimes.
April 8 2013, 10:56 am
Read MoreGuinea`s Army is among the most tarnished in Africa with a long history of abuse against civilians, including systematic rape.
December 14 2012, 10:05 am
Read MoreNo leader in nearly 40 years of independence has finished his time in office in Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony on Africa`s western coast.
October 22 2012, 9:19 am
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