Australian deputy PM Marles to visit Fiji
The Fijian Government welcomes the official visit of the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles to Fiji from 20...
More details on hefty bill revealed for Solomon Islands PM trip
Solomon Islands Government insists the SBD$2.5 million (US$308,000) bill incurred by Prime Minister’s delegation to the recent United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New...
Partnership with U.S boosts Pacific Islands Forum’s influence as a group
The recently concluded White House summit that fortified the alliance between Washington and Pacific island nations has powered up the Pacific Islands Forum into...
Cook Islands signs new partnership with Australia
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown has revealed his hopes for financial support to tackle climate change following the signing of a new partnership...
‘Election will be held in the not too distant future’: Fiji AG
Fiji's Attorney-General and Minister responsible for Elections Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has reassured Fijians that the “2022 General Election will be held in the not too...
VP, RDP, NUP and IG excluded from new Vanuatu Government formation
The formation of Vanuatu's new Government is in the works, after a pact signing between 31 candidates of the snap election who have secured...
Samoa’s HRPP leaders suspended for record two years
Samoa Opposition leader and former Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and party secretary Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi are officially suspended from Parliament for a record...
Tongan PM welcomes South Pacific Defence Ministers’ Meeting
Tonga's Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, Tuesday welcomed Defence Ministers and senior delegates from the region to discuss Pacific security challenges and build collective...
Australian foreign Minister to visit Cook Islands, Niue and French Polynesia
Australian foreign Minister Penny Wong will travel to Cook Islands, Niue and French Polynesia, this to further strengthen Australia’s deep ties with our Pacific...
Tuimalealiifano sworn in for second term as Samoa Head of State
Tuimalealiifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi 11 was sworn in Tuesday by the Chief Justice as the country’s Head of State for the next five years.
Prior to...
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Conflicts command headlines…protecting peace, less so: The UN Peacebuilding Fund explained
By Daniel Dickinson
Wars regularly make headlines. Preventing them rarely does.
Yet for the past 20 years, the UN Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) has quietly been helping...
China’s policing plans should be sidelined, says top Solomons minister
One of Solomon Islands’ most senior ministers has called for security and policing co-operation with China to be sidelined in a boost for Australia’s...
Forum DSG Solofa calls for deeper regional integration as economic pressures mount
Pacific Islands Forum Deputy Secretary General, Desna Solofa has warned that the Pacific faces mounting economic pressures from global geopolitical instability and rising fuel...