カテゴリー: Kiribati
Absence of Kiribati from the meeting is ‘really devastating’ to the body’s long-term strategy, security expert saysGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcastWhen Anthony Albanese touches down in Suva on Wednesday to attend his…
Opposition leader calls withdrawal from PIF an ‘extreme move’ and claims the reasons offered by Kiribati’s president were just excusesKiribati’s decision to withdraw from the Pacific Islands Forum on the eve of the event was an extreme move driven by p…
President says it will not be attending forum because of failure to address concerns of Micronesian countriesThe key diplomatic body in the Pacific has been dealt a devastating blow on the eve of its first in-person meeting since the pandemic, as Kirib…
Second judge suspended as legal challenge from first judge due to begin, escalating ongoing controversy over separation of powersFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podc…
Tour, which includes Fiji and Papua New Guinea, comes amidst ‘uptick of tempo’ in China’s engagement in the PacificChina’s foreign minister will visit Solomon Islands this week, one month after signing a security agreement with the Pacific country, on …
Island nation set to impose lockdown next week after virus escaped from quarantine centreCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAfter remaining Covid-free for the entirety of the pandemic, Kiribati has reopened its borders – only f…
Island nation set to impose lockdown next week after virus escaped from quarantine centreCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageAfter remaining Covid-free for the entirety of the pandemic, Kiribati has reopened its borders – only f…
US Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell says bases and other agreements could be on the cardsThe Pacific may be the part of the world most likely to see “strategic surprise”, the US Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell has said, in comments apparen…
A Pacific labour scheme has been transformative for Kiribati families but the loss of nurses has hit the country’s hospitals hardEvery night, sitting in her room in the remote Queensland town of Doomadgee, Bwerere Sandy Tebau calls her husband and daug…
Survey of more than 6,000 people by Transparency International is the most comprehensive look at corruption in the region to dateOne in three people across the Pacific Islands region have paid a bribe when using a public service in the last year, while…
The Phoenix Islands Protected Area is about the size of California and has been fully closed to commercial fishing since 2015The Kiribati government has announced it will open up one of the world’s largest marine protected areas to commercial fishing, …
Constant change in the climate policies of Australia and New Zealand has been a huge disappointment to Pacific island nationsWhen I came into office as president of Kiribati in 2003, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had released its…
Kinaua Biribo says she wants to empower women in the Pacific island nation, where almost 60% of men have perpetrated intimate partner violenceKinaua Biribo is unlikely to win an Olympic medal. When the elimination rounds of her judo category begin late…
Eritara Aati Kaierua is one of more than a dozen observers who have died since 2009. A year later his family are still waiting for answersIn his last email to his family, Eritara Aati Kaierua told them he loved them and apologised for not being in touc…
The Kiribati island survived droughts due to sacred caves that captured rainfall but rampant phosphate extraction ruined this precious resourceRead more of our Pacific Plunder series hereThe last decent rain on Banaba was more than a year ago.Without r…