Samoa
- Asia Pacific, Fiji, New Zealand, Oil, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga
Reliant on imported fuel, Pacific islands appeal for help as oil prices surge
Samoa and Tonga raise supply concerns with foreign partners as businesses and residents in Papua New Guinea gr…
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Samoa PM suspends country’s only daily newspaper from press briefings amid dispute over coverage
Prime minister has accused the Samoa Observer of inaccurate reporting during his eight-week medical stay in Ne…
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Samoa’s first female PM fails to win re-election after months of political infighting
Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, known as the ‘Iron Lady of the Pacific’, likely to be replaced by leader of opposition F…
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Samoa’s election: Voting has begun after months of turmoil, here is everything you need to know
Samoans began voting on Friday in parliamentary elections amid personal rivalries and geopolitical tensions Sa…
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Rise in dengue fever outbreaks across the Pacific driven by the climate crisis, experts say
Samoa, Fiji and Tonga among the worst affected amid warning the disease and others will become ‘more common an…
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Samoa suffering energy crisis after weeks of power outages
Pacific country this week declared state of emergency over power cuts that have caused huge disruption to busi…
- Asia Pacific, Kiribati, Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga, US foreign policy, USAid, World news
Explainer: what will the withdrawal of USAid mean for the Pacific?
Analyst says while USAid supports hundreds of jobs, the most significant damage from Donald Trump’s cuts will …
- Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Fiji, Pacific islands, Pacific leaders: in their words, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, US foreign policy, US news
Leaders in the Pacific raise alarm over ‘direct impact’ of Trump’s climate retreat and aid freeze
Samoa’s prime minister says US withdrawal from Paris climate agreement is ‘very disappointing’ and puts the su…
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Samoa’s prime minister criticises RFK Jr’s vaccine views after deadly measles outbreak
In an exclusive interview, Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa tells the Guardian she is surprised at Trump’s pick for health…
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New Zealand navy ship sank off Samoa because autopilot was left on, inquiry finds
Interim report into the October disaster blames human error, saying HMNZS Manawanui’s ‘autopilot was not disen…
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‘We learned the hard way’: Samoa remembers a deadly measles outbreak and a visit from RFK Jr
A few months before the outbreak in 2019, Kennedy travelled to Samoa and met with anti-vaccine figures, contri…
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‘Time has come’: Commonwealth heads agree to reparatory justice dialogue despite reluctant UK
UK government stresses it does not pay reparations and said before Chogm summit that issue was not on agendaCo…
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What is kava? The peppery-tasting, slightly intoxicating drink enjoyed by King Charles
King Charles sipped on kava on his visit to Samoa this week while an Australian politician paid a high price f…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Business, China, Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth summit, Economic policy, Keir Starmer, London, Mining, Politics, Samoa, Trade policy, UK news, World news
State-backed loans to go to firms importing critical minerals into UK
Rachel Reeves to encourage import of raw materials from Commonwealth countries to counter China’s grip on mark…
- Asia Pacific, Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth summit, Keir Starmer, Politics, Samoa, Slavery, UK news, World news
UK ‘open to discussing non-cash forms of reparatory justice’ for former colonies
Starmer under pressure from Caribbean countries at Commonwealth talks but is refusing payments or apologyKeir …