Papue New Guinea

There have been more than 27 suicide attempts in the last two weeks by refugees detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island, a refugee says.

Tribal hostilities in the capital of Papua New Guinea's Hela province have quietened down in the past week or two, police say.

The Papua New Guinea Hunters rugby league team have slumped to a third straight defeat in the Queensland Cup.

Papua New Guinea police have taken four men from one of the refugee facilities on Manus Island this morning with what is thought to be the intention to deport them.

A Manus Island refugee says there is no food or medicine available in the East Lorengau Transit Centre due to the ongoing roadblock by landowners.

The cash-strapped Papua New Guinea government has sold its stake in the prospecting company Oil Search.

Over 5000 tourists attended last weekend's Goroka Show in Papua New Guinea creating what's been reported as the biggest crowd in the show's 61-year history.

US officials have arrived in Australia to begin assessing Canberra's refugees who Australia wants to shift to the US.