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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Kate Lyons

Papua New Guinea election violence: what has caused it and what can be done?

A polling station for the Paua New Guines elections at Gordons international school in Madang, Port Moresby.
A polling station for the Paua New Guines elections at Gordons international school in Madang, Port Moresby. Photograph: Godfreeman Kaptigau/The Guardian

Voting in Papua New Guinea’s elections has been overshadowed by outbreaks of violence including the massacre of 18 people in the Highlands and a group of men attacking people with machetes outside a counting centre in Port Moresby.

Voting began at the beginning of July and continues until the end of the month. But what has caused the violence and what can be done to stop it?

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