09/16/2024

Violence Erupts in Papua New Guinea

There are between 20 and 50 people dead, according to U.N. officials

Violence among illegal miners in Papua New Guinea has left between 20 and 50 people dead, a United Nations official said Monday.

The fighting started days ago and is continuing in the Porgera Valley, near the site of a landslide in May estimated to have killed more than 2,000 people, according to the South Pacific island nation's government.

The U.N.'s humanitarian adviser for Papua New Guinea, Mate Bagossy, said the death toll of at least 20 as of Sunday was based on information from community members and local authorities in Enga province in the nation’s mountainous inland.

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