Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has withdrawn from the contest to remain head of the strategically important South Pacific ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand--The United States opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands on Thursday in its latest move to counter China's push into the Pacific. The embassy in the capital, Honiara, is ...
Although Manasseh Sogavare’s time as prime minister of Solomon Islands is finished, his country’s relationship with China may ...
The US says it will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands as it tries to increase its influence in the South Pacific nation before China becomes “strongly embedded”. The plan was confirmed by ...
Lawmakers in the Solomon Islands elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as the country’s new PM following general ...
Voting has closed across Solomon Islands on Wednesday in the South Pacific nation’s first general election since the government switched diplomatic allegiances from Taiwan to Beijing and struck ...
In the Solomon Islands, the night before an election is known as Devil's Night. Political candidates offer bribes - handing out everything from cash and boat motors, sacks of rice and solar panels ...
China has hastily fortified its sprawling embassy in the Solomon Islands, fearing violent demonstrations if the island nation’s pro-Beijing but unpopular leader returns to power in Wednesday’s ...
The Solomon Islands is set to hold general elections on Wednesday, a significant event that follows the establishment of diplomatic ties with China in 2019 and the subsequent shift in regional ...
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