USAID announces additional $2.5 million in Humanitarian assistance in response to volcanic eruptions and...
The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional US$2.5 million in humanitarian assistance to support people affected...
COVID-19 outbreak on board HMAS Adelaide could hold up delivery of vital aid to...
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Destroyer USS Sampson helps Tonga islands damaged by volcanic eruption, tsunami
The guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson is continuing to assist with disaster assessment and relief efforts for the remote islands of Tonga ravaged by a...
India to extend immediate relief assistance to Tonga
India on Tuesday expressed “deep sympathy” to the tsunami-hit Kingdom of Tonga in the Pacific Ocean and extended an immediate relief assistance of US$200,000...
Forum SG launches Blue Pacific appeal for Tonga recovery
The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General Henry Puna has launched a fundraising appeal to help Tonga’s recovery from the 15 January eruption and tsunami.
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Pacific Islands Forum Members lend diplomatic support to Tongan Government’s recovery efforts at UN...
Pacific Island Forum (PIF) ambassadors to the United Nations gathered virtually on the 21st of January 2022 to pledge their governments’ solidarity and coordinate...
‘We must all stand and work for our country’, King Tupou VI tells Tonga
“The people that can withstand difficulties are those that stand together,” Tongan King Tupou VI said in an address to the nation that was...
European Union brings relief to victims of Tonga’s volcanic eruption and tsunami
In response to the violent eruption of an underwater volcano on January 15 near the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific, the European...
UN coordinator in Tonga: ‘Resources on the ground are not enough’
As news coverage of the eruption and tsunami that hit Tonga starts to fade away, the United Nations Coordination Specialist in the country has...
UK aid heads to Tonga as Pacific nation continues the clean-up after eruption and...
UK-funded aid is being sent to Tonga, almost a week after parts of the island nation were devastated by a volcanic eruption and tsunami.
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