Bougainville's tense fight for independence from Papua New Guinea | ABC NEWS

A tropical archipelago just 1,500 kilometres from Australia, rich in gold and copper, has been preparing itself for nationhood in 2027.
But as Bougainville moves towards independence, unresolved conflicts and memories of a bloody past have come back to the surface.
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