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Papua New Guinea’s longest serving politician, Sir Michael Somare, has emerged as prime minister after the most violent and corrupt elections in the country’s 27-year history. Heading an unstable ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Michael Somare, a pivotal figure in Papua New Guinea’s independence and the South Pacific island nation's first prime minister, has died. He was 84. Somare was Papua New ...

Sir Michael, who was controversially turfed from office by the government of Peter O'Neill last year, is calling on police and the Ombudsman Commission to investigate the allegations. Election ...

Papua New Guinea's prime minister will be temporarily suspended from office after being found guilty of official misconduct. On Monday, a special leadership tribunal made up of three foreign judges ...

In a midnight radio address on Papua New Guinea's first day in existence, Sir Michael Somare — a former teacher and radio broadcaster from East Sepik — spoke to the new nation. "I wish to remind all ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Papua New Guinea's incumbent prime minister, Peter O'Neill, says he is undaunted by the likely return to parliament of political rival ...

After leading Papua New Guinea to its independence, Somare served four terms as the nation’s prime minister. Sir Michael Somare, then prime minister of Papua New Guinea, follows proceedings at the ...