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    The Bougainville conflict, also known as the Bougainville Civil War, was a multi-layered armed conflict fought from 1988 to 1998 in the North Solomons...
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    Bougainville (/ˈboʊɡənvɪl/ BOH-gən-vil; Tok Pisin: Bogenvil), officially the Autonomous Region of Bougainville (Tok Pisin: Otonomos Region bilong Bogenvil)...
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    Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea (PNG), has been inhabited by humans for at least 29,000 years, according to artefacts found in Kilu...
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    Bougainville Island (Tok Pisin: Bogenvil) is the main island of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, which is part of Papua New Guinea. Its land area...
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  • Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) is a mining company of Papua New Guinea (PNG) that is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). BCL operated...
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  • moments in the history of Papua New Guinea, and particularly the conflict in Bougainville. It brought down the government of Sir Julius Chan, and brought...
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    The Bougainville campaign was a series of land and naval battles of the Pacific campaign of World War II between Allied forces and the Empire of Japan...
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  • The Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) was a secessionist group formed in 1988 by Bougainvilleans seeking independence from Papua New Guinea (PNG)....
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  • several secessionist wars such as the Bangladesh Liberation War and Bougainville conflict throughout the rest of the 20th century. Experience of jungle fighting...
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  • during the Argentine Dirty War between 1976 and 1983. During the Bougainville conflict, PNGDF helicopters were used to dispose of corpses of detainees...
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    was also a leading figure in his country during the years-long Bougainville conflict. Chan was born as the fifth child out of seven children on the Tanga...
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    Peter T. Coleman; Eric C. Marcus, eds. (2011), "Culture and Conflict", The Handbook of Conflict Resolution: Theory and Practice, Wiley, p. 630, ISBN 9781118046906...
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    Panguna (category Populated places in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville)
    were major catalysts in the unrest in Bougainville in the 1970s and 1980s, leading to the Bougainville conflict, which lasted from 1988 until 1998. In...
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  • Francis Ona (category People from Bougainville Island)
    2005) was the Supreme Commander of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) during the 1988–1998 Bougainville conflict. The war began when Ona "went bush"...
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    Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Separatism Bougainville conflict, a similar conflict in Papua New Guinea which led to a referendum in 2019...
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    A non-binding independence referendum was held in Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea, between 23 November and 7 December 2019. The...
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    referendum could result in violence due to unresolved tensions from the Bougainville conflict. In this referendum, 98% of voters voted in favour of independence...
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  • Ethnic violence in Papua New Guinea (category Ethnic conflict)
    warfare. During the Bougainville conflict, the Bougainville Revolutionary Army under Francis Ona fought for secession for Bougainville from Papua New Guinea...
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    state of emergency and the conflict continued until about 2005, when successionist leader and self-proclaimed King of Bougainville Francis Ona died of malaria...
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    parade held in Tonga. Tonga has contributed troops and police to the Bougainville conflict in Papua-New Guinea and to the Australian-led RAMSI force in the...
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    February 2024 in Enga Province, the largest killings since the Bougainville conflict of the 1980s and 90s. Papua New Guinea received a score of 5.6 out...
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    The Panguna mine is a large copper mine located in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. Panguna represents one of the largest copper reserves in Papua New Guinea...
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  • Air Lines Flight 007 People Power Revolution Glasnost Perestroika Bougainville conflict First Nagorno-Karabakh War Afghan Civil War United States invasion...
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  • FN FAL (section Conflicts)
    War (1979–1992) Iran-Iraq War (1980–1988) Falklands War (1982) Bougainville conflict (1988–1998) 1989 attack on La Tablada barracks Gulf War (1990–1991)...
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  • and Royal Papua New Guinea Constabulary with the SR88A.  Bougainville: Used by Bougainville Revolutionary Army. Captured from Papua New Guinea Defence...
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    ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world. This list of ongoing armed conflicts identifies present-day conflicts and the death toll...
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    North Solomon Islands (category Geography of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville)
    present Roman Catholic Diocese of Bougainville stems. Regan, Anthony; Griffin, Helga (2015). Bougainville: Before the Conflict. Canberra: ANU eView. p. 77....
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    30 minutes from the capital, the worst loss of life since the Bougainville conflict of the 1980s and 1990s. Prime Minister James Marape called it an...
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  • legends. For example, Rambo is rumored to have de-escalated the Bougainville conflict. Rambo is also said to have had sex with the daughter of Queen Elizabeth...
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    1971 Communist insurgency Sri Lankan 1987-89 Communist insurgency Bougainville conflict Gulf War Sierra Leone Civil War Nepalese Civil War Kargil War 2008...
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