The Guardian, June 29, 2025
Bougainville fought a war to shut down Panguna mine. Now it wants to reopen it
[Note: In 1989 an uprising by the people against the environmental destruction and economic inequality forced the abandonment of the mine and triggerd a brutal decade long civil war which cost the lives of up to 20,000 (twenty thousand) people. Bougainville island, which is part of Papua New Guine, is located in the South Pacific ocean. For more information check the wikipedia page for Bougainville.]
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