 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pakati pa1988 na1998, Hondo yevagari vomuBougainville yakauraya vanhu vanopfuura 15 000. Nhaurirano dzorugare dzakatsigirwa neNew Zealand dzakatanga muna 1997 uye dzakatungamirira kukuzvitonga. Boka Rokuongorora Runyararo PMG renyika dzakawanda pasi pokutungamirira kweAustralia rakagoverwa. Muna 2001, chibvumirano chorugare chakasainwa chaibatanidza chipikirwa chorufurendum pamusoro pokuzvimirirakubva kuPapua New Guinea. Referendum iyi yakaitwa pakati pa 23 Mbudzi na 7 Zvita 2019, nemhedzisiro yakaziviswa musi wa 11 Zvita. Mubvunzo werondedzero yaiva chisarudzo pakati pokuzvitonga kukuru mukati mePapua New Guinea, kana kuti rusununguko rwakakwana. Pavhoti dzakakodzera, 98.31 vaitsigira kuzvitonga kuzere. Kuvhota hakusungiri; Hurumende yePapua New Guinea ine shoko rokupedzisira pamusoro pomugariro weBougainville. 