“Bougainville people, we do things a bit different ... All are small (the Solomon Islands is Haiti-sized), while some are ...

30,000-28,000BC - Solomons are first settled by people coming ... 1978 - Solomon Islands become independent. 1988-98 - Separatist rebels on neighbouring Bougainville begin prolonged armed struggle ...

They'd love to take over Bougainville like they did our neighbors, the Solomon Islands. The Solomon Islands is gone as a country the West can depend on - they're in China's thrall until further ...

The war killed 20,000 people, or a staggering 10 percent ... The other component of Washington’s diplomatic tightrope over Bougainville is Solomon Islands, with its northern border lying only ...

THE collection of tales and song-texts given in this volume was made during a stay of ten months in Alu and Mono, Bougainville ... the Mono people some sixty years ago. In these islands, therefore ...

Geographically, the islands of Bougainville and Buka form part of the Solomon Islands archipelago ... “That is the aspiration of the people and that is why they voted [for] me as their president.” ...

Bougainville Island lays northeast of Australia and east of Papua New Guinea in the Solomon Sea. People first settled on the island 33,000 years ago, and it is a place of cultural and biological ...

Nestled in the Pacific, Bougainville is about to make history as the world’s newest country. This tiny island, a part of Papua New Guinea, is home to just 300,000 people and is a land of ...

Bougainville Island also happens to be the largest island of the Solomon Islands archipelago. An official 2011 census recorded an approximate population of 250,000, with current estimates of ...

30,000-28,000BC - Solomons are first settled by people coming ... 1978 - Solomon Islands become independent. 1988-98 - Separatist rebels on neighbouring Bougainville begin prolonged armed struggle ...