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Bougainville’s rocky path to independence
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:22:37
Publish Date: 2025-07-02 15:00:06
Description: In 2019, the people of Bougainville overwhelmingly voted in favour of independence. Once controlled by Britain, Germany, Japan, Australia and Papua New Guinea, some see the reopening of a massive copper and gold mine known as Panguna as the key to the new nation’s success. But it was only three decades ago that Bougainvilleans went to war to shut it down.Nour Haydar speaks with Ben Doherty about the road to independence for Australia’s Pacific neighbour and the risk of repeating mistakes from the past
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