Papua New Guinea

Miss Papua New Guinea has been stripped of her crown after sharing a video of herself twerking on TikTok, but has won significant support.

The chief executive officer of Papua New Guinea's main hospital says there are hopes of a return to full services before the end of the month

A former Papua New Guinea provincial governor, Malcolm Kela Smith, has died in Australia from Covid-19.

A Papua New Guinea university in Lae has gone into a 14 day lockdown after two suspected Covid-19 deaths.

Human Rights Watch says the PNG Government has failed to live up to commitments on women's rights, children's rights, and police accountability.

Another six people in Papua New Guinea have died in the Covid-19 outbreak, raising the death toll to 67.

Pope Francis has appointed Father Paul Sundu as the new Bishop of the disocese of Kundiawa in Papua New Guinea.

The number of recorded Covid-19 infections in Papua New Guinea has passed 7,000, more than doubling in the past two weeks.

The Solomon Islands government is committing the majority of its first shipment of vaccines to protecting communities living along the border with Papua New Guinea.

Carl Sandri has been appointed as the new coach for Cricket PNG, following the departure of Joe Dawes.

A PNG Cabinet Minister says his South Bougainville electorate needs more information about Covid-19 from the Bougainville Health Department.

PNG's Prime Minister has warned citizens against relying on information on Facebook to guide their approach to vaccines.

A women's health campaigner on Bougainville says most Bougainvilleans have a "careless" attitude to the threat posed by Covid-19.

Papua New Guinea recorded seven more Covid-19 deaths in a day as the country's vaccination rollout began.