PNG's Double Vision
A failed coup in Papua New Guinea's capital of Port Moresby is a clear sign of the nation's chaotic politics. Can the problem of dual government and dual leadership in PNG be resolved without violence?
February 1, 2012
PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill announced on January 26 that a mutiny led by former Colonel Yaura Sasaallegedly on the orders of former Prime Minister Michael Somarehad ended hours after it was launched. But the problems which triggered the recent political crisis are far from over.
Some 30 soldiers under Sasa's leadership placed Brig. Gen. Francis Agwi under house arrest in the early hours of January 26 and took control of his barracks. Sasa the
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