Challenges for the Pacific Islands Forum: Between Cohesion and Disintegration?
The Pacific Islands Forum is torn between competing influences. This will have consequences for the Forum’s cohesion.
By Professor Stephanie Lawson
Just a few years...
Papua New Guinea election violence: what has caused it and what can be done?
The massacre of 18 people in the Highlands confirmed fears that an outdated electoral roll and lack of security could lead to trouble
Voting in...
Landmark guidelines aim to protect children uprooted by climate change
New UN-backed guidelines issued on Monday aim to protect, include and empower children forced to flee their homes due to the climate crisis, marking...
Korean doomsday sect gets rich in Fiji with Government help- OCCRP
By Aubrey Belford (OCCRP), OCCRP Pacific, Hyein Kang (KCIJ-Newstapa), and Myungju Lee (KCIJ-Newstapa)
Grace Road Church believes a nuclear-tinged Judgment Day is rapidly approaching...
Pacific Islands Forum proclaims false “unity” on climate crisis
By John Braddock
After four days of talks on 14 July, the leaders of 14 Pacific nations emerged from the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF)...
‘No support’: Pacific Island labour-hire workers fear $6,000 cost of giving birth in Australia
Pregnant women working under the Palm scheme face exorbitant healthcare bills and no easy options
By jordyn Beazley
Since Ulamila gave birth to her baby...
The Kiwa Initiative launches new projects and additional contributions from its donors to strengthen...
In the margins of the Kiwa Initiative Steering Committee meeting chaired by Canada, the Kiwa Initiative awarded grants to ten local projects in the...
51st Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Communique 2022
The Fifty-First (51st) Pacific Islands Forum was held in Suva, Fiji from 11 – 14 July 2022, and was attended by the Heads of...
Forum leaders meet to consolidate Blue Pacific agenda
By Nic Maclellan
For the first time since 2019, presidents and prime ministers from around the region will gather face-to-face in Suva this week, to...
Cop that! Preparing for climate talks in Egypt – and the Pacific?
By Nic Maclellan
As leaders gather in Suva for the 51st Pacific Islands Forum, island nations are also gearing up for the next round...
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Sea level rise could redefine sovereignty, but Pacific leaders are pushing back
Sea level rise is no longer just an environmental crisis for the Pacific; it is a legal challenge striking at the heart of sovereignty,...
Tonga launches e-passport project to boost security
The Kingdom of Tonga has officially begun its e-passport journey.
Tonga convened the inaugural Project Steering Committee (PSC) meeting for the Tonga e-passport Project, a...
Trust and cooperation needed for Pacific Climate action
Climate mobility processes will attract greater support if it is recognised as a security and stability concern.
Participants at a regional workshop in Fiji heard...