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Soldiers and police patrolling streets where witnesses say quiet has replaced looting and chaos that reportedly left at least 16 people deadSoldiers and police patrolled Port Moresby on Friday a day after Papua New Guinea declared a state of emergency in the capital in response to rioting and other violence in which at least 16 people are reported to have died.The prime minister, James...

Governor blames looting on ‘opportunists’ as officers are redeployed to Port Moresby from regional areas People have been killed and shops and businesses set on fire in the capital of Papua New Guinea after police went on strike over pay, according to the local governor.Property in Port Moresby had been looted by “opportunists” after events “spiralled out of control”, the governor of the National...