April 17 was election day in the Solomon Islands, a country of around 750,000 people northeast of Australia that is best known to most Americans as the site of the World War II battles of Guadalcanal, ...

MELBOURNE — Solomon Islands lawmakers elected Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister Thursday in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain close ties with ...

Counting for the national election in the Solomon Islands began on Thursday. The election follows a security pact with China in 2022 by Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare, potentially shifting the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands lawmakers elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister Thursday in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will ...

The Solomon Islands PM reshuffled the finance portfolio three times in as many weeks, amid reports that a no-confidence motion against him is looming.

The opposition and media groups have described the order of the prime minister as a form of press censorship. This statement was originally published on advox.globalvoices.org on 8 August 2022. It is ...

A military force would help quell unrest, but some say relying on Beijing for arms may make the Pacific nation an ‘enemy ...

SYDNEY — Solomon Islands lawmakers voted Thursday to delay national elections, a move opposition leaders called a “power grab” that could rekindle violence in a Pacific country whose growing ties to ...

The prime minister claims the country can’t afford to hold national elections next year. His opponents see a power grab linked to Beijing’s influence. By Damien Cave HONIARA, Solomon Islands — When ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Solomon Islands lawmakers elected former Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister Thursday in a development that suggests the South Pacific island nation will maintain ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands ...