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CONAKRY, Guinea -- Guinean special forces seized power in a coup on Sunday, arresting the president and imposing an indefinite curfew in the poor west African country. A screengrab taken from footage sent to AFP by a military source on September 5, 2021 shows the President of Guinea Conakry Alpha...

A Filipino missionary priest has been ordained bishop in Papua New Guinea on Aug. 29. Bishop Joseph Durero (Photo courtesy CBCPNG) CBCP News said Bishop Joseph Durero is the third Filipino bishop in Papua New Guinea. He joins Vincentian Bishop Rolando Santos of Alotau-Sideia and Salesian Bishop...

South Pacific International Container Terminal (SPICT) in Lae, Papua New Guinea (PNG) has opened its coffee bulking facility and handled its first delivery for one of the country's major coffee producers. As the largest container handling facility in PNG, SPICT intends to establish itself as the...

A Filipino missionary priest was appointed as the new bishop of the diocese of Daru-Kiunga in Papua New Guinea. Bishop-elect Joseph Tarife Durero (PHOTO COURTESY OF THE APOSTOLIC NUNCIATURE TO PNG AND SOLOMON ISLANDS) Bishop-elect Joseph Tarife Durero, 53, of the Society of Divine Word, was...

At least 15 people died Saturday after a landslide at a clandestine artisanal gold mine in Guinea's northeast Siguiri region, rescuers and witnesses said. A rock overhang collapsed near the village of Tatakourou according to first telephoned reports from the area which did not clearly establish...