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Good News in History, December 11
5 years ago today, the residents of Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, voted in a 98% majority for independence of their...
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On This Day in History
Good News in History, December 11
5 years ago today, the residents of Bougainville, an autonomous region in Papua New Guinea, voted in a 98% majority for independence of their small island region. Unlike the Tigray independence movement in Ethiopia which just a few months later sparked a terrible civil war, the government of Papua New Guinea described the result as "credible," to their eternal credit. The referendum was non-binding, so independence has yet to be fully negotiated, but it carried three important global consequences for good. READ about those consequences and the future of this island micro-state... (2019)