The clock ticks: Five years on, Bougainville waits

Ishmael Toroama

Bougainville voted for independence from Papua New Guinea in an overwhelming referendum in 2019.

Five years have passed, and little progress has been made towards severing ties with Port Moresby.

Former freedom fighter, Ishmael Toroama, remains head of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (AGB) based in the small town of Buka.

The real power, however, remains in the hands of the politicians in Port Moresby, Bougainville’s newest colonial ruler, taking over from Australia which received the . . .

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