Part 6/9:
Following a decade of turmoil, peace negotiations culminated in an agreement in 2001, allowing Bougainville to hold a referendum on independence. After years of waiting, a vote in 2019 saw an extraordinary 97.7% of the populace favor independence, triggering a necessary process to negotiate the terms for separation from Papua New Guinea, with a timeline extending towards 2025 and 2027 for its completion.