Sogavare's government switched official recognition in 2019 to Beijing from Taiwan, the self-governed island democracy China claims as part of its territory. The Solomon Islands signed a secretive ...

"China and Pacific island ... the country needs for economic empowerment to eradicate poverty. Chinese telecoms giant Huawei is already building a cellular network in the Solomon Islands, financed ...

China likely shipped genuine firearms to the Solomon Islands when its donation of “replica” weapons to police last year sparked a political firestorm in the tiny Pacific Island country ...

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has led the impoverished Pacific island for almost ... as a means of breaking his country’s dependence on foreign aid. Solomon Islands’ economy has been ...

With the exception of the Federated States of Micronesia, most small Pacific island nations have not voiced ... not just state institutions — in a country where political hybridity is a reality. In ...

Ties between Australia and Solomon Islands soured after the Pacific island nation struck a security ... Albanese for a “kind offer” to fund the country’s next elections, which were due ...

Credit: Facebook / Solomon Islands Prime Minister’s Office Press ... between the residents of the Solomons’ most populous island, Malaita, and the central government, based out of Honiara ...

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare met Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the country ... island democracy claimed by the mainland’s ruling Communist Party as part of its territory. “Solomon Islands ...

Australia has struck a new security agreement with Solomon ... Pacific Island country. China already has an effectively permanent presence of about 14 police officers in Solomon Islands who ...