UN Accuses Australia of Breaching Refugee Deal
The UN accused Australia Monday of backtracking on a deal to relax its strong stance on asylum-seekers and resettle some ...
Tag: Papua New Guinea
Boat Refugees To Leave PNG Despite US Uncertainty
Hundreds of refugees being held at a remote Papua New Guinea detention camp will be moved by October despite uncertainty ...
Refugee Fears Over Australia-US Resettlement Plan
The abrupt departure of American officials from an Australian Pacific island refugee camp has fanned fears among asylum-seekers that plans ...
Afghan Charged Over Smuggling Asylum-Seekers To Australia
An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited from Indonesia ...
‘Earhart’ Photo Taken Years Before Disappearance
A photograph supposedly showing Amelia Earhart alive in the Marshall Islands in 1937 that caused a stir earlier this month ...
PNG Election Flawed But Acceptable
Despite being marred by violence, vote-buying and flaws in the electoral roll, results from Papua New Guinea's sprawling election should ...
Military Expert Casts Doubt On Earhart Photo Claims
A Marshall Islands-based military expert has cast further doubt on claims that a blurry photograph shows famed US aviatrix Amelia ...
Photo Revives Speculation On Amelia Earhart Fate
It is one of the most tantalizing mysteries in aviation lore -- the disappearance of Amelia Earhart. What happened to ...
Vote Controversy Mars PNG Elections As Counting Begins
Counting is under way in Papua New Guinea's sprawling elections, officials said Thursday, but voting has been marred by claims ...
Voting Starts In Sprawling PNG Elections
Voting began in Papua New Guinea elections Saturday with the Pacific nation's leader urging peaceful polling to show it has ...
PNG Goes To Polls Looking To Write New Chapter
Papua New Guineans go to the polls Saturday in an election the country's leader sees as a turning point for ...
Asylum-Seekers In Australia Win Multimillion Dollar Payout
Detainees at a controversial Australian asylum-seeker camp in Papua New Guinea won Aus$70 million ($53 million) in compensation on Wednesday ...
Trio Missing Off PNG Coast After Boat Capsizes
Three men from Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea are missing after their boat capsized off PNG, officials said Monday, ...
Sky-High PNG Trees Cause Re-Think On Forest Assumptions
Remote mountains in Papua New Guinea could be home to some of the world's tallest trees at extreme altitudes, scientists ...
Faceless Fish Among Weird Deep Sea Australian Finds
Faceless fish and other weird and wonderful creatures, many of them new species, have been hauled up from the deep ...
[Opinion] The Frustrations of Travelling On Ghanaian Passport Within Africa
I sent e-mails to two prominent journalists to do a story about the frustrations of the Ghanaian passport holder in ...
List of Nominees and Winners For the 42nd MTN SWAG Awards
Ahead of the 42nd Sports Writers Association of Ghana Awards night to be held on May 27th, Ghanaweb unfolds ...
Australia Declares Game-Up For ‘fake Refugees’
Australia Sunday gave 7,500 boatpeople until October to prove they are genuine refugees or be kicked out, declaring the "game ...
Former Kotoko Boss Mas-Ud Dramani Named Head Coach of Black Queens
Former Asante Kotoko boss Mas-Ud Dramani has benefited from the various changes that are ongoing at the Ghana Football Association ...
Seventeen Killed In Mass Prison Break In Papua New Guinea
The prison in Lae, Papua New Guinea, has seen repeated similar escapades over the years Prison guards have shot dead ...