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Businessman Nupiri arrested, charged over PNG election violence at Mendi

October 18, 2022

PNG Post-Courier A Papua New Guinean businessman has been arrested and charged by police as the first of 15 “persons of interest” relating to post national election violence in the Southern Highlands Province earlier this year. Police have confirmed the unsuccessful candidate for the SHP regional seat, Peter Nupiri, a former chair of PNG Power ... <a title="Businessman Nupiri arrested, charged over PNG election violence at Mendi" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/10/18/businessman-nupiri-arrested-charged-over-png-election-violence-at-mendi/" aria-label="Read more about Businessman Nupiri arrested, charged over PNG election violence at Mendi">Read more</a>

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Mendi a battlefield as disgruntled PNG election rivals raid police station

August 20, 2022

PNG Post-Courier The Southern Highlands capital — Mendi — has turned into a battlefield in Papua New Guinea this week as supporters of different candidates for the regional seat went on a warpath. The warring parties –– believed to be supporters of the incumbent governor against the other regional candidates –– shut down the town ... <a title="Mendi a battlefield as disgruntled PNG election rivals raid police station" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/08/20/mendi-a-battlefield-as-disgruntled-png-election-rivals-raid-police-station/" aria-label="Read more about Mendi a battlefield as disgruntled PNG election rivals raid police station">Read more</a>

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‘Make history’ and vote in a woman instead of ‘failed’ men, says PNG’s Siwinu

June 16, 2022

By Kolopu Waima in Mendi, Papua New Guinea She is brave — no other word can describe this Papua New Guinean woman. Ruth Undi Siwinu isn’t only challenging the norms and a huge field of male candidates in Southern Highlands, but knows the task ahead and she is prepared to take them head on. In ... <a title="‘Make history’ and vote in a woman instead of ‘failed’ men, says PNG’s Siwinu" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/06/16/make-history-and-vote-in-a-woman-instead-of-failed-men-says-pngs-siwinu/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Make history’ and vote in a woman instead of ‘failed’ men, says PNG’s Siwinu">Read more</a>