UN team trucks on with relief efforts in PNG Highlands

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 07:38:00 +0200rnzi (en)

Violent unrest in Southern Highlands and neighbouring Hela province has proved a big obstacle to relief efforts following February's magnitude 7.5 quake which claimed around 150 lives and caused widespread devastation in these two Highlands provinces. Last week, UN workers returned to Mendi, but they are yet to fully return to Hela.

Many still struggling in Papua New Guinea's quake-hit Hela

Mon, 25 Jun 2018 04:36:00 +0200rnzi (en)

The quake left widespread devastation and claimed around 150 lives in Hela and neighbouring Southern highlands province. Tribal and election related violence in both provinces have hampered post-earthquake relief efforts, with various international aid agencies having to pull out of the region.

Papua New Guinea: Papua New Guinea: Earthquake Response Operation Update 2018 (March to May 2018)

Sun, 24 Jun 2018 03:40:00 +0200reliefWeb (en)

On 26 February 2018, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit parts of the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, significantly affecting the Southern Highlands and Hela Provinces. The Papua New Guinea Government's National Disaster Center (NDC), estimates that over 544,000 people have been affected....