Deadly violence and unrest are surging again in Papua New Guinea's Hela province, which is the hub of the country's major LNG gas project.
The violence is being attributed to hostilities between various local tribes, as well as landowner disaffection over the government's failure to pay committed benefits under the project agreement.
Johnny Blades reports.
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A woman and her pig, roadside, Hela Province, Papua New Guinea. Photo: RNZ / Johnny Blades