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This dashboard is produced by the Papua New Guinea Disaster Management Team (DMT) in collaboration with humanitarian partners.
Violent Incidents in Enga Province
Separate instances of fighting have erupted across Enga Province since 28 November 2024 and these have reportedly resulted in at least 30 deaths, several casualties, damage to property and livestock, and the interruption of humanitarian access and landslide relief operations.
DMT partner reports received have indicated the following incidents:
- Thursday, 28 November, one PMV ambushed in Nandi (Lae Bridge area) 11 persons killed.
- Friday, 29 November, tribesmen tried to storm the RPNGC station in Wabag; two police vehicles vandalized, businesses, shops, schools, and banks closed as a result of the ensuing civil unrest.
- Friday, 29 November, CARE tent in Yambali (Mulitaka) vandalized by locals.
- Saturday, 30 November, tribal clash in Porgera; 11 persons reported dead during the clash.
- Saturday, 30 November, tribal clash in Kandep; 3 persons dead.
- Monday, 02 December, a CARE convoy moving from Mulitaka to Wabag was stopped by a crowd at Laiagam, while being escorted.
- Tuesday, 10 December, in Mulitaka, Enga province, a group of tribesmen burned approximately 10 to 11 newly constructed homes belonging to an opposing tribe along the Mulitaka-Porgera road, approximately 2 kilometers from the junction near the Mulitaka Health Facility.
- Tuesday, 31 December, in Takawas Village, near Wabag Town, ongoing tensions between the conflicting tribes escalated resulting in five fatalities, multiple injuries, and the destruction of approximately 42 houses, displacing an estimated 232 individuals.
- Friday, 17 January 2025, in the Mulitaka landslip area, a man was shot by military officer injured in a prior security incident. In response, landowners attacked passing vehicles at random, set fire to a truck traveling from Porgera and dug a trench at the landslip area, effectively blocking all vehicle traffic.
Severe Flooding in Det 1 Ward, Poroma LLG, Nipa-Kutubu District, Southern Highlands Province
Locals in Det ward council, Poroma LLG, Nipa-Kutubu District, Southern Highlands Province, have been affected by severe flooding due to recent continuous rainfall. After a particularly heavy downpour beginning on Thursday 5 December, the Naru river which runs through the council ward burst its banks causing profound destruction of property, food gardens, and livestock, as well as, polluting underground water sources.
IOM conducted a Displacement Tracking Matrix assessment on 11 December and found that a total of 739 individuals from 126 households in the villages of Arep, Det, Awaranda, Naru, Yoru and Arepotem have been affected, with no reported displacements. IOM also delivered emergency non-food items to these households. The remaining need is for agricultural inputs to restore destroyed food gardens.