Sierra Queens Secure First Win With Vital 3-1 Victory Against Guinea in WAFU Zone A Tournament

The Sierra Leone women’s national football team, the Sierra Queens, bounced back from an opening defeat to claim a crucial 3-1 victory against Guinea in the 2025 WAFU Zone A Women’s Cup. The win revives Sierra Leone’s hopes in the tournament after a 3-0 …

Papua New Guinea: Modillon Hospital in Madang on the brink of collapse, warns manager

Madang Hospital. Like many hospitals in PNG, Madang Hospital is also struggling with shortages. (file image). Photo: US Navy The acting manager of one of Papua New Guinea's main hospitals says it is on the brink of collapse. Workers at Modillon …

Disease-Free Coconut Nurseries in Papua New Guinea to Support White Copra Revival and Rural Livelihoods

Three new coconut nurseries commissioned in Papua New Guinea (PNG) will provide disease-free, high-yield coconut seedlings to support farmers in replanting efforts, particularly those impacted by Bogia Coconut Syndrome (BCS), as part of broader efforts to …

Scientists just made guinea pigs listen to Adele for seven days… and the results are both surprising and worrying

If you’re a music maker then you can’t fail to have grasped the concept of compression and, more than likely, thanked your lucky stars that it was there to help. Whether it's evening out your iffy performance or making bad drums and thin bass sound …

Giant rat species captured on video for 1st time in Papua New Guinea

A giant rodent, among the world’s largest, was caught on camera for the first time in Papua New Guinea, with the stunning footage released on April 18. (Credit: Frantisek Vejmelka, Biology Centre CAS via Storyful) Recently-released footage shows the …

Staff at RSPCA Centre looking to rehome guinea pig pair

RSPCA staff are looking to rehome a pair of bonded guinea pigs… Bagel and Crumpet, who are one-year-old bonded guinea pigs who are looking for their forever home together. They are very nervous at the moment as they have not been handled much. We are …

The re-emergence of polio in Papua New Guinea shows global eradication remains elusive

Michael Toole, Burnet Institute; Fredrick Charles, Burnet Institute, and Suman Majumdar, Burnet Institute Last week the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a polio outbreak in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The highly infectious virus was found in two …

Rural Papua New Guinea villages on the vanguard of FNQ's fruit fly battle

Guinea's Media Future Debated Amid Ongoing Broadcast Bans

(MENAFN- The Arabian Post) Guinea's media regulator concluded the“Forum on the Future of the Press,” an event aimed at revitalising the country's media landscape. However, six prominent news outlets remain blocked, highlighting the ongoing …

ECITB helps develop leadership safety skills for LNG project workers in Papua New Guinea

ECITB Global has delivered its Leading a Team Safely (LaTS) course internationally for the first time as part of a pilot programme with Hides Gas Development Company (HGDC Ltd) in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The two days of training were delivered to a cohort …