Former PNG PM Michael Somare dies

Updated February 26 2021 - 3:29pm, first published 3:27pm
Former Papua New Guinea prime minister Michael Somare has died of pancreatic cancer at 84.
Former Papua New Guinea prime minister Michael Somare has died of pancreatic cancer at 84.

Sir Michael Somare, who led Papua New Guinea to independence and served 17 years as prime minister, has died in Port Moresby aged 84.

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