Bougainville fought a war to shut down Panguna mine. Now it wants to reopen it

The reviled foreign project could be key to Bougainville's prosperity in independence. But some say the island risks repeating the mistakes of the pastNoah Doko rubs absent-mindedly at a scar slashed across his forearm. The former rebel fighter sits amid the crumbling remains of the former Panguna village in Bougainville, beneath the hills that were the hideout and battleground of his youth.As a teenager, he was shot by the Papua New Guinea defence force: ostensibly by his own military, by a fellow citizen. In the aftermath of the Bougainville civil war, he was elected to parliament to represent veterans. Continue reading...