Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia). It shares its only land border with Indonesia to the west and it is directly adjacent to Australia to the south and the Solomon Islands to the east. Its capital, located along its southeastern coast, is Port Moresby. The country is the world's third largest island country, with an area of 462,840 km2 (178,700 sq mi).
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Quotes
[edit]- Papua New Guineans love sheep meat, especially lamb flaps which are mostly fat and treated as dog food in Western countries.
- Ralph Yamb, manager of the farm PNG Protein Park, as quoted in "PNG sheep farm takes aim at unhealthy reliance on imported lamb flaps", Benar News (May 20, 2024)
- A landmark court conviction in Papua New Guinea related to the murder of a mother-of-five accused of sorcery is being hailed as a major victory in the fight to stop such attacks and murders. For the first time, a court has found a person guilty of accusing someone of sorcery under legislation, known as the Glasman Act, which was passed by the PNG Parliament in 2022. Belief in magic or the supernatural is used to explain misfortunes of various kinds in PNG, particularly death and sickness, with Sorcery Accusation Related Violence (SARV) unchecked throughout the country.
- Sue Ahearn and Stefan Armbruster, "Milestone PNG conviction puts sorcery accusers on notice over inciting lynchings", Benar News (April 4, 2025)
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