Bougainville Civil War

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The Bougainville Civil War was a violent secessionist conflict in Papua New Guinea from 1988 to 1998, centered on disputes over the Panguna copper mine, environmental damage, and Bougainvillean independence.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
secessionist conflict ⓘ
conflictIn Bougainville Island ⓘ
Papua New Guinea ⓘ
conflictType ethno-political conflict ⓘ
resource conflict ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
endTime 1998 ⓘ
hasCause Bougainvillean independence movement ⓘ
dispute over Panguna copper mine ⓘ
environmental damage from mining ⓘ
hasEffect economic disruption in Bougainville ⓘ
increased autonomy for Bougainville ⓘ
large-scale internal displacement ⓘ
long-term mine closure ⓘ
significant civilian casualties ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Bougainville Resistance Forces ⓘ
Bougainville Revolutionary Army ⓘ
Government of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
Papua New Guinea Defence Force ⓘ
involves Bougainville Resistance Forces ⓘ
Bougainville Revolutionary Army ⓘ
Panguna copper mine ⓘ
linked to: Panguna mine

Papua New Guinea Defence Force ⓘ
civilian population of Bougainville ⓘ
locatedIn Autonomous Region of Bougainville ⓘ
monitoredBy Peace Monitoring Group ⓘ
United Nations Observer Mission in Bougainville ⓘ
opposingForce Bougainville Resistance Forces ⓘ
Bougainville Revolutionary Army ⓘ
Papua New Guinea Defence Force ⓘ
partOf history of Bougainville ⓘ
history of Papua New Guinea ⓘ
peaceProcess Bougainville Peace Agreement ⓘ
Burnham Declaration ⓘ
Lincoln Agreement on Peace, Security and Development on Bougainville ⓘ
region Melanesia ⓘ
result Bougainville Peace Agreement ⓘ
ceasefire in Bougainville ⓘ
creation of Autonomous Bougainville Government ⓘ
provision for future independence referendum ⓘ
significantEvent Arawa peace talks ⓘ
Burnham peace talks ⓘ
Lincoln Agreement ⓘ
blockade of Bougainville ⓘ
closure of Panguna mine ⓘ
deployment of Peace Monitoring Group ⓘ
startTime 1988 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bougainville Island → hasConflict → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
Bougainville Island → relatedTo → Bougainville independence movement ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Bougainvilleans → associatedWith → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Bougainvilleans → associatedWith → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
Bougainvilleans → politicalMovement → Bougainville independence movement ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Bougainvilleans → historicalEvent → 1988–1998 Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Panguna mine → significantFor → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Autonomous Region of Bougainville → conflict → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
Nasioi people → involvedIn → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Siwai people → affectedBy → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Royal Australian Regiment → conflict → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
subject linked to: RAR
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
1st Australian Division → conflict → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Special Air Service Regiment → conflict → Bougainville Civil Conflict ⓘ
subject linked to: SASR
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment → conflict → Bougainville Civil Conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Lincoln Agreement on Peace, Security and Development on Bougainville → conflictAddressed → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
North Solomons → knownFor → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
North Solomons → hasAutonomyMovement → Bougainville independence movement ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Bougainvillean communities in Australia → historicalMigrationContext → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Bougainville Copper Limited → associatedWith → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Central Bougainville District → hasSignificantHistoricalEvent → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Central Bougainville District → conflictLinkedTo → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Panguna area → associatedWith → Bougainville independence movement ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Panguna area → roleIn → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
Bougainville Revolutionary Army → conflict → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
Bougainville Revolutionary Army → partOf → Bougainville independence movement ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Panguna → hasHistoricalAssociation → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
subject linked to: Panguna town
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Bougainville Peace Agreement → conflictEnded → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
Arawa peace talks → aimedToResolve → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
Arawa peace talks → relatedTo → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Burnham peace talks → conflict → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
Lincoln Agreement → relatesToConflict → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
Lincoln Agreement → aimedToEnd → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
Burnham Declaration → appliesToConflict → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
Peace Monitoring Group → conflict → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
North Solomons Province → knownFor → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
North Solomons Province → conflict → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ
Eastern Bougainville → associatedWith → Bougainville conflict ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Bougainville
linked to: Bougainville Civil War
Bougainvillean peoples → historicalEvent → Bougainville Civil War ⓘ