In a powerful address at the recent Melanesian summit, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka highlighted the urgent need for Melanesian countries to stand united in the face of an increasingly fragmented ...

MSG includes Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and FLNKS. It focuses on political, economic and cultural ties ...

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center’s Ocean Reporting Network, where Elizabeth Claire Alberts is a fellow. NICE, ...

Cook Islands opposition leader is calling for a "national pause" on the Cook Islands' deep sea mining ambitions, warning that ...

Two hours and 20 minutes away Dr Jack Siwainao sits and stares blankly out the window of his office at his private practice ...

While Sogavare is decidedly pro-Beijing, opposition leader Matthew Wale, who supported the vote of no confidence along with Sogavare, has been a critic of Solomon Islands’ relationship with ...

A new coalition of Solomon Islands MPs that includes former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare says it has the numbers to ... long-time opposition leader Matthew Wale and prominent political ...

Former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele has been elected the next prime minister of Solomon Islands, defeating the opposition leader, Matthew Wale, in a vote in parliament.. The result is a mixed ...

Solomon Islands lawmakers selected Jeremiah Manele as their new prime minister on Thursday, ... Manele won 31 votes to Opposition leader Matthew Wales’ 18 votes in the 50-seat parliament, ...

The Solomon Islands opposition party coalition has selected Matthew Wale as its candidate for this week's vote for prime minister, a day after former Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said he had ...

Solomon Islands lawmakers will vote for a prime minister on Thursday, and Sogavare's party, which lost half its seats, has nominated former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as its candidate.

What precipitated Solomon Islands’ 2019 switch, after 36 years ... Suidani really came out of nowhere in 2019 to soon emerge as a major political player — the de factor opposition leader to ...