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Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele
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China and the Solomon Islands media
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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele
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Solomons PM refuses to convene parliament amid political crisis

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Solomon Islands National University's vice-chancellor Dr Transform Aqorau
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Solomon Islands academic warns Pacific economies at risk from US-Israel-Iran conflict

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The Iranian Red Crescent reports US and Israeli attacks on areas close to medical and humanitarian facilities
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AJ+ senior presenter/producer Dena Takruri
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The Civicus "civic freedoms" in the Pacific report
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USP student journalist Riya Bhagwan
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Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine
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Marshall Islands president warns of threat to Pacific Islands Forum unity

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Fiji protesters in support of a "Free West Papua"
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Fiji human rights coalition challenges Rabuka over decolonisation ‘unfinished business’

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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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