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A photograph of the campus of Divine Word University in Papua New Guinea. In the foreground is a paved road, in the mid ground is a student with a backpack, in the background are buildings and signs. The grassed area is green and there are tall palm, and other, trees.

27 September 2021

University drinking: students’ perception on the zero tolerance on alcohol consumption policy at DWU

by Lorelle Tekopiri Yakam

Photograph of a pile of books of ballot papers in the 2017 elections in Papua New Guinea.

23 September 2021

PNG: parties need to do more to help women get elected

by Maholopa Laveil

Photograph of two Kina Bank automatic teller machines in a Port Moresby shopping centre

15 September 2021

Kina’s Westpac offer finally rejected – what’s next?

by Dek Joe Sum

An aerial view of the highlands of Papua New Guinea. There are clouds in the foreground and far below buildings and narrow roads.

14 September 2021

Kina devaluation revisited

by David Lea

10 September 2021

Should PNG abandon Limited Preferential Voting?

by Terence Wood, Maholopa Laveil and Michael Kabuni

Part of a mural at PNG Parliament House (Marc Tarlock-Flickr)

6 September 2021

Does MP funding work (politically) in PNG?

by Maholopa Laveil and Michael Kabuni

Child in Kimbe, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea (ADB-Flickr)

30 August 2021

PNG’s plummeting vaccination rates: now the lowest in the world?

by Stephen Howes and Kingtau Mambon

Photograph of head and shoulders of a man with dark skin, black hair and black beard. He is in front of a blue wall with height markings written on the doorway edge. He is holding a white sign with hand writing in red that says 'Name: Tommy Maeva Baker'.

20 August 2021

Tommy Baker: PNG’s Ned Kelly?

by Sinclair Dinnen and Grant Walton

Photograph of an open air market in Ethiopia, with a crowd of people on dusty ground looking at fruit in large wooden bins.

19 August 2021

Winners and losers of foreign exchange rationing: the case of Ethiopia

by Rohan Fox

A woman in a white t-shirt, colourful skirt and blue broad-brimmed hat sits on wooden steps taking notes with pen and paper. In front of her sit two elderly people on a woven mat. Beside the is a house built on short stilts. In the background is a house with a palm frond roof.

17 August 2021

An important book at a difficult time

by Michael Rose

16 August 2021

Why we need to start worrying about next year’s elections in Papua New Guinea

by Terence Wood

A women in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, checks the photos and descriptions of candidates in the 2017 elections. The notice is attached to a tree. The woman has black curly hair and wears glasses. In the background is a thatched hut, a garden, and a man in a red and grey striped t-shirt.

12 August 2021

Temporary special measures in PNG: part two – latest developments

by Orovu Sepoe

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