In 2015, Papua New Guinea (PNG) celebrated 40 years of independence. Despite PNG’s current extractives-led boom, an estimated 40 percent of the country lives in poverty.

A woman allegedly responsible for the human trafficking and forced labour of 15 students from Papua New Guinea (PNG) has been arrested.

Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister James Marape came to power last year with a promise to set straight the country’s troubled legacy of corruption, economic mismanagement and widespread human ...

Corruption is one of the biggest challenges in Papua New Guinea, according to Transparency International PNG. In 2020, the government successfully established the Independent Commission Against ...

Poor road conditions in PNG make travel by road impossible, unsafe, or too expensive for many people. Without reliable access to transport infrastructure and roads, people cannot reach schools, ...

Papua New Guinea’s HCI of 0.38 is below the regional average for East Asia and the Pacific (0.61) and is comparable to the regional average of Sub-Saharan Africa (0.40). The quality of a country’s ...

Every spring, since the late 1970s, the State Department has released the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.This year, those waiting for these documents will have to hold on a bit longer.

Prime Minister James Marape of Papua New Guinea addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 24, 2021. Violence against women and girls is rampant. Over 1.5 million ...