Leaders of PNG’s Enga province plagued by violence – vow to weed out illegal guns

Leaders of PNG’s Enga province plagued by violence – vow to weed out illegal guns

By Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific bulletin editor Political leaders in a Papua New Guinea province plagued by gun violence are making a collective stand to stop it. There is a new sense of political will among Enga Province’s political leaders and police to come down hard on the use of illegal weapons. But they are confronted by a daunting task. Recent research by Joe Barak of PNG’s National Research Institute has tracked the escalation of tribal an…