This gratitude is shown by the Igbo people through a celebration called the New Yam Festival, still celebrated ... by the "yam belt" that spans Nigeria, Guinea, and Cameroon.

Pope Francis was joined by more than 10,000 people for a youth festival held at Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby on the ...

"Where I'm from, my people, the Igbo, consider Yam the king of crops," she wrote me in an email. "We even have a whole festival celebrating a new harvest, 'New Yam Festival,' [where] the first yam ...

In Papua New Guinea, the popularity of the psychoactive ... At an annual cultural festival in East New Britain province, the tell-tale signs of betel nut chewing are ubiquitous.

Papua New Guinea (PNG) is richly endowed with natural resources, but exploitation has been hampered by rugged terrain, land tenure issues, and the high cost of developing infrastructure.

The violence occurred near the Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea's central highlands A series of shootouts between rival tribes over a disputed gold mine has left at least 30 people dead in ...

Port Moresby [Papua New Guinea], May 26 (ANI): Following a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, the International ...

Pope met with more than 10,000 young people in a final encounter in Papua New Guinea on Monday, before flying to East Timor ...

Papua New Guinea has given police permission to use “lethal force” to restore order as shootouts between rival tribes have killed dozens of people. Between 20 and 50 people have been killed in ...

Pope Francis was joined by more than 10,000 people for a youth festival held at Sir John Guise Stadium in Port Moresby on the final day of his apostolic visit to Papua New Guinea (PNG), reminding ...

Papua New Guinea hosts some 11,800 asylum seekers and refugees. Around 100 people were transferred there under PNG’s former regional processing arrangement with Australia, most from Indonesia. UNHCR ...