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Amnesty calls for action after New Guinea ‘witch’ burnings
Amnesty International renewed calls for an end to sorcery-related violence in Papua New Guinea on Friday following a report that six women were tortured with hot irons in an Easter “sacrifice.” Amnesty said Papua New Guinea police were investigating the incident, but police in Port Moresby were unable to confirm…
Two charged for burning alive ‘witch’ in Papua New Guinea: report
Two people have been charged with the murder of a young mother in Papua New Guinea who was accused of being a witch and set upon by a mob that burned her alive, reports said Tuesday. Kepari Leniata, 20, was stripped naked, doused with petrol and set alight atop a…
New Guinea woman tortured, burned alive in ‘sorcery’ case
A young mother accused of sorcery was stripped naked, doused with petrol and burned alive in front of a crowd including schoolchildren in Papua New Guinea, reports said on Thursday. The woman, named by The National newspaper as Kepari Leniata, 20, was reportedly tortured with a branding iron and tied…
Prince Charles and Camilla to participate in sing-sings and Maori nose rubs
Britain’s Prince Charles and wife Camilla begin a tour of Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand on Saturday with traditional sing-sings and Maori nose-rubbing welcomes awaiting them. The November 3-16 trip is the latest to the Commonwealth by senior royals to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s diamond jubilee, a landmark…
Australia plans to move asylum-seekers to tiny Pacific nation of Nauru
Australian Immigration Minister Chris Bowen on Monday said he hoped to begin sending asylum-seekers who arrive by boat to the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru later this week. With Australia facing a record influx of asylum-seekers arriving by sea, Canberra last month announced plans to send them to Nauru and…
Arrested New Guinea cannibal cultists ate raw brains, penis soup
Papua New Guinea police have arrested members of an alleged cannibal cult accused of killing at least seven people, eating their brains raw and making soup from their penises, a report said Friday. The 29 people, who appeared in court this week charged with murder and cannibalism, were part of…
Limbless Frenchman swims from New Guinea to Indonesia
A Frenchman who lost his limbs in an accident braved strong winds and currents to swim from Papua New Guinea to Indonesia Thursday, in the first stretch of a mission to swim between five continents. Philippe Croizon, 43, who uses prosthetic limbs with flippers attached, took seven and a half…
Paperwork delays limbless Frenchman’s historic world swim
A limbless Frenchman planning to make four challenging swims around the world was delayed from starting his epic journey inPapua New Guinea on Monday by a paperwork problem. Philippe Croizon, who lost both his arms and legs in an electrical accident in 1994, planned to leave the Pacific country’s remote west…
Despite risks, sea-floor mine opens for business in Papua New Guinea
Canada-based mining firm Nautilus Minerals said Tuesday it had signed China’s Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group as the first customer of its pioneering Papua New Guinean sea-floor mine. Nautilus, which is listed on the Canadian and London stock exchanges and has offices in Australia, said Tongling had agreed to buy 1.1…
Hundreds rescued as Papua New Guinea ferry sinks
More than 200 people were plucked from waters off Papua New Guinea Thursday after a ferry sank but many others remained missing, with rescuers scouring the area for further survivors. Operator Star Ships said it lost contact with the MV Rabaul Queen at about 6am on Thursday (2000 GMT Wednesday)…
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