A violent tribal clash has left at least 30 people dead and 15 missing in Papua New Guinea’s remote Trobriand Islands, often referred to as the “islands of love.” The bloodshed erupted on Monday, resulting from a longstanding dispute between two villages that originated during a football match two months ago, linked to the country’s general election in July. The violence escalated... 

Two white academics—one from Britain and the other from the Netherlands—have been forced to flee for their lives from Papua New Guinea after trying to persuade their employers at two universities that cheating, an inability to do simple math, and the appointment of staff on tribal allegiances rather than merit, was a bad idea. The nearly-comical antics of the two whites—both race-denying liberals... 

An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck off Papua New Guinea on Thursday, the US Geological Survey reported. This is just two days after a 7.4-magnitude jolt shook the southern coast. The quake, which struck 150km southwest of the town of Arawa, appears to be relatively shallow. There have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties, Reuters says. A tsunami alert has been issued by the Pacific... 

Residents of a Papua New Guinea mining town say they found a man with a history of drug abuse allegedly eating his screaming, newborn son during a sorcery initiation ceremony. Police said locals on the outskirts of the town of Tabubil, in Western Province, woke on Thursday to the screams of the baby. Beset with the grisly sight of the father allegedly eating his child, an angry mob chased him to the... 

Police reinforcements have been rushed to a remote part of Papua New Guinea after officers clashed with a shadowy cult accused of beheading villagers and offering them as human sacrifices. Several people were reportedly killed and many injured after gun battles broke out between police and members of the cult, based in the mountains of Morobe province on PNG’s north coast. Religious cults flourish...