AP – A retired colonel who attempted to take over Papua New Guinea’s military and ordered the prime minister to step down has been arrested and charged with mutiny. (rwad on here …)
A group of soldiers who staged a failed mutiny in Papua New Guinea are seeking a pardon, Australian reports say, amid an ongoing power struggle. (read the story…)
AP – A day after a retired colonel seized Papua New Guinea’s military headquarters in an attempt to force out the prime minister, the ex-soldier was holed up in a nearby barracks on Friday, demanding a pardon for himself and his supporters. (rwad on here …)
AP – Prime Minister Peter O’Neill refused to step down despite a mutiny Thursday by soldiers who seized Papua New Guinea’s military headquarters and demanded that he cede power to his ousted predecessor. (rwad on here …)
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O’Neill says an attempted mutiny in Port Moresby by around 12-20 soldiers has been stopped. (read the story…)
AP – Rebel soldiers seized the military’s headquarters Thursday and replaced Papua New Guinea’s top defense official with their own leader, who gave Prime Minister Peter O’Neill a week to step aside for his ousted predecessor. (rwad on here …)
AP – Papua New Guinea politics were deadlocked Thursday, with two men claiming to be prime minister, two governments saying they hold power, rival police chiefs maintaining the peace — and no one sure who actually was in charge. (rwad on here …)
Papua New Guinea’s highest authority reinstates Sir Michael Somare, one of the two men claiming to be prime minister, to try to end a political crisis. (read the story…)
