SYDNEY (Reuters) - Violent attacks near Barrick Gold's Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea (PNG) has likely killed at least 20 people and forced women and children to flee the region, local media reported.
Papua New Guinea has granted police emergency powers, including the use of lethal force, to contain the violence in Porgera between illegal settlers squatting near the gold mine and local landowners, newspapers Post-Courier and The National reported late on Sunday.
