SYDNEY, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Soldiers and police patrolled the quiet streets of Port Moresby on Friday as people joined long lines for fuel a day after Papua New Guinea declared a state of emergency in ...

Prime Minister James Marape has declared a state of emergency in Papua New Guinea amid an outbreak of rioting and looting, as depicted here in the country's capital, Port Moresby, on Jan. 10, 2024.

A majority of settlers evicted from a headland shanty town in Port Moresby to make way for a gated tourism and casino precinct backed by Australian property developers have been "simply abandoned", ...

On Wednesday simmering social discontent, driven by escalating living costs, erupted into chaos, looting and arson in Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) capital Port Moresby and elsewhere, after police and ...