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Apolima Island residents oppose plans to inject plants with poisonous chemicals as part of a wider strategy to address a rat infestation on the island. The residents of the rocky enclave fear the poisonous chemicals will also harm their pigs which is an important source of income for the island f.
Tari township
Photo: RNZ Pacific / Koroi Hawkins
The focal point of fighting is Tari-Pori, the district whose MP is PNG s prime minister James Marape.
The newspaper The National reports that a land dispute last week in the Tagali area lapsed into a violent confrontation.
After it resulted in a man being shot dead, fighting escalated between different branches of one tribe, killing ten people in the space of two days.
EMTV reports that over a thousand people have left their villages to seek shelter in schools or other public facilities in fear of more violence.
Close contacts of Solomons Covid-19 community case test negative