By Damian Baker: As part of our new focus on development and human rights issues, theangle.org is reposting old articles printed on the site which still have a high degree of revelance. We start with co-founder Damian Baker’s trip to Papua New Guinea in November 2009 where he encountered the lives of the people...
Radio New Zealand International Don Wiseman recently interviewed Damian Baker, co-founder of theangle.org, to discuss his recent photojournalist mission to the island of Bougainville, PNG, where he documented tensions over the re-opening of the contentious Panguna mine between the semi-autonomous Government, mine owners and the remnants of the Bougainville resistance.Share on Facebook
By Damian Baker: The Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project is the biggest of its type in the history of PNG. Oil was found in the southern highlands 20 years ago but gas has emerged as the energy hope for the future. An Australian company, Oil Search, is in the process of developing its gas...
Damian Baker's interviews with Mekamui and local Bouganvillians about the effects of the Panguna Mine.
By Damian Baker: After a somewhat tense introduction we finally got to meet and talk with the leader of the remnants of the Bougainville militia General Chris Uma. Following the initial breaking of the ice, as General Uma seemed to realise we were there to tell his story, he relaxed and came across as...
By Damian Baker: Blood could again be spilled in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville if negotiations to restart the Panguna gold and copper mine are successful. Remnant members of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA), now known as the Mekamui Defence Force, have said their demands must be met before they will...
By the NewsHooker: Sitting in the comfortable surrounds of the Bismark Ramu offices in northeastern Madang, with broadband, air-conditioning and the relative comforts I’m used to in Australia, PNG and its accompanying drama seem a little like a surreal dream. The highs of making new Papuan friends and diving in the islands are balanced...
Security guards in the PNG Porgera valley have been accused of killings, assaults and the burning villages in the name of Barrick gold.
Flew out of Moresby after introducing a few Porgera locals to the Port Moresby Yachting (PMY) establishment.
This week its pink yachts,Georgie Parker, Johnathon Thurston, Michael Caton, Panties, Bras, Jennifer Hawkins, Johnno and Catriona Rowntree
