A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations more than 2,000 people were believed to have been buried alive by Friday's landslide and has formally asked for international help.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A general view of the area where a landslide hit the village of Kaokalam in Enga province, 600 kilometers northwest of Port ...

Search and rescue operations get underway following a devastating landslide that buried an estimated 2,000 people in a remote part of Papua New Guinea. UNICEF is on the ground working with local ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea, Sept. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:GOLD) (TSX:ABX) – New Porgera Limited (NPL) said today it is working with the United Nations (UN) and ...

MELBOURNE — Authorities fear a second landslide and a disease outbreak are looming at the scene of Papua New Guinea’s mass-casualty disaster because of water streams and bodies trapped beneath the ...

Political leaders in a Papua New Guinea province plagued by gun violence are making a collective stand to stop it. There's a new sense of political will among Enga Province's political leaders and ...

Gov. Peter Ipatas of Papua New Guinea’s Enga Province recently led a delegation of government and healthcare officials on a tour of St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center’s facilities as the nation ...

Wabag (Agenzia Fides) - "Tribal conflicts are deeply rooted in the remote province of Enga, Papua New Guinea. In the past, fighting was the final word in resolving conflicts, mainly territorial ones," ...