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RIP: Francis Ona
Jul. 28th, 2005 08:42 pm"Refusing to sign any agreements, he and a devoted band of followers, some of them "cargo cultists" who still worship the Second World War aircraft that suddenly appeared to
parachute supplies into Bougainville during the Japanese occupation, remained
holed up in a mountainous retreat in Bougainville's central jungle"
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parachute supplies into Bougainville during the Japanese occupation, remained
holed up in a mountainous retreat in Bougainville's central jungle"
Francis Ona, who died on Sunday aged 52, launched and led a
secessionist struggle in the Papua New Guinea island province of Bougainville
and later proclaimed himself king of the island, setting up an autonomous
administration in a mountainous retreat in the jungle.
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