CANBERRA, Australia, Sep 29 (IPS) – Ishmael Toroama, a former revolutionary leader and fighter during the decade long civil war which engulfed the remote islands of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the 1990s, has been elected the autonomous region’s new President ahead of high-level talks about its political future.
CANBERRA, Australia, Sep 29 (IPS) – Ishmael Toroama, a former revolutionary leader and fighter during the decade long civil war which engulfed the remote islands of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in the 1990s, has been elected the autonomous region’s new President ahead of high-level talks about its political future.Read the full story, “Papua New Guinea: Bougainville Elects Former Revolutionary Leader as President ahead of Tough Talks on Independence”, on globalissues.org →