Event war Oceania
Bougainville Civil War
1988 CE – 1998 CE
A secessionist conflict on Bougainville Island triggered by environmental destruction from the Panguna copper mine.
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1988–1998 armed conflict in Papua New Guinea
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Conflict · Oceania
Bougainville Civil War
1988 CE – 1998 CEA secessionist conflict on Bougainville Island triggered by environmental destruction from the Panguna copper mine. The bloodiest conflict in the Pacific since World War II, it killed up to 20,000 people before a peace agreement.
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