Up to 695,000 people are now at severe risk of starvation or serious illness, PNG's senior drought coordinator has warned.
23 December 1997
The worst drought in living memory has inflicted severe damage on the fragile economy of Papua New Guinea. The Anglican Church is appealing for financial support to help the country meet the crisis.
05 December 1997
Papua New Guinea's worst drought in decades has prompted the Anglican Board of Mission in Australia to launch an emergency relief fund. Lucy Palmer, a PNG based journalist, writes that the gardens have withered, the earth is scorched and the weak and elderly are starting to die. "In another month thousands of our closest neighbours could be facing their worst famine this century," she writes.
26 September 1997