Bougainville people enrol to vote in independence referendum

The Bougainville Referendum Commission team

The Bougainville Referendum Commission team Source: SBS

Australia could soon have a new country as a neighbour when the Papua New Guinea province of Bougainville votes in an independence referendum later this year.


It comes three decades after the start of a bloody civil war on the island that claimed thousands of lives.


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Bougainville people enrol to vote in independence referendum | SBS Vietnamese