Q&A: What fuels the violence at Papua New Guinea’s Porgera Gold Mine, and what lies ahead?

Q&A: What fuels the violence at Papua New Guinea’s Porgera Gold Mine, and what lies ahead?

Q&A with Hannah Tabara Senior Research Assistant, ACLED Violence around the Porgera Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province remains a persistent challenge, despite recent peace-building efforts. A stark example came on 2 March, when a shootout at the mine between informal miners from the Sakar tribe and state security forces left two miners dead. The clash broke out after armed miners attempted to enter a restricted area of the min