Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A dawn flag-raising ceremony has launched celebrations of Bougainville's new autonomous government which will meet for the first ...

Voters hold a Bougainville flag at a polling station. The new country - should it happen - would be small, with a land mass of less than 10,000 sq km (slightly larger than Cyprus, ...

The Bougainville flag, which Marilyn Havini helped design, is waved at a pro-independence rally. Credit: Ben Bohane Although it is expected a clear majority will opt for independence, there are ...

A NEW ERA: Bougainville's new autonomous government sworn in. BUKA ... A dawn flag-raising service launched celebrations before a 40-seat assembly met for the first time.

Voters proudly show off the flag of Bougainville, the symbol of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea, as they head to cast their ballots. Source: SBS News.

Voting is almost complete in Bougainville's historic referendum on possible independence from Papua New Guinea, which has seen young men vote as part of their 'coming of age' initiations in remote ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Young people in the South Pacific islands of Bougainville are seizing the opportunity to help reshape the future of the autonomous region of Papua New Guinea as they head to the ...

BUKA (The National/Pacific Media Watch): Bougainville's first autonomous government was sworn in yesterday in a ceremony watched over by the island's new president Joseph Kabui and Prime Minister ...