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South Africa, France, Fiji and Australia won through to Saturday’s medal semi-finals on a thrilling night of knockout rugby at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The Blitzboks ended New Zealand’s medal hopes with a defensive masterclass in the opening quarter-final, before hosts France played their best rugby at Paris 2024 to get the better of Argentina. Ireland threatened to spring a...

Tuvalu Prime Minister and Minister of Gender Equity and Women Empowerment, Feleti Teo has called on Pacific men call to actively engage in addressing the challenges faced by women and girls in the region. Speaking at the 8th Pacific Women Ministers meeting in Majuro, Marshall Islands, Teo emphasised the importance of men understanding and appreciating the concerns of women and...

The Samoa Police has announced a comprehensive gun amnesty set to begin on 01 August running through 30 September in an attempt to collect illegal firearms in circulation. This initiative, spearheaded by Samoa's police force, follows a successful campaign in 2021 that saw the removal of 198 illegal firearms from circulation. Deputy Police Commissioner Papali'i Monalisa Tiai-Keti, speaking on behalf of...

The United Nations Papua New Guinea office has strongly condemned the recent brutal rapes and killings of women and children in East Sepik’s Angoram. The UN, in a statement called on the local authorities to, without delay, bring the perpetrators to justice. People were reportedly killed, including children and infants, women and girls raped and houses burnt to the ground in...

The Marshall Islands continues the second of three major meetings on the status of Pacific Women and gender work in the region. Delegations from around the Pacific completed the 15th triennial conference and within hours were listening to words of welcome and support at the welcome reception for the Ministerial and Women Leaders events, which will close off the week...

Reigning Olympic champions Fiji reminded everyone exactly why they have two golds to their name on the opening day of the men’s rugby sevens competition at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, beating Uruguay and USA to book their place in the medal quarter-finals. New Zealand, Ireland, Argentina and Australia have also secured their passage to the knockout phase with perfect...

Today, young Pacific islanders launched Our Pawa - a campaign focussed on accelerating a safe renewable energy transition in the Pacific and Australia. A month from the 53rd Pacific Forum Leaders Meeting in Tonga, 350.org Pacific and the Pacific Climate Warriors highlighted the importance of renewable energy access in the Pacific, and Australia’s role in its realisation. Despite relatively negligible carbon...

France has hit back at New Zealand's deputy prime minister for suggesting a referendum in New Caledonia wasn't in the spirit of the law as it mulls a request from Pacific leaders to tour the territory. New Caledonia was rocked by riots which left 10 people dead, after controversial voting reforms were passed in Paris that Indigenous Kanak people argued...

Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders have endorsed a high-level mission to New Caledonia. This is in response to the request from New Caledonia to support a long-lasting resolution to the ongoing political situation. Prime Minister of Cook Islands and PIF Forum Chair Mark Brown said “New Caledonia is a PIF Member and we have a responsibility to take care of our...

No progress has been made in sending a UN human rights mission to Indonesia’s Papuan provinces despite the appointment of Fiji and Papua New Guinea’s prime ministers to negotiate the visit. Pacific Island leaders have for more than a decade requested the UN’s involvement over reported abuses as the Indonesian military battles with the West Papua independence movement. The latest UN...