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Sogavare calls for Wale’s resignation, warns Suidani on ‘domestic terrorists’

The flags of the Solomon Islands and the US for the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal
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Uneasy Pacific makes wartime memories more important than ever

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
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Sogavare denies ‘insulting’ claim on Chinese military base for Solomons

Incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare
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Papuan aspirations at stake in divided Melanesian Spearhead Group politics

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A West Papuan Morning Star flag of independence among a sea of Palestinian flags
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Why most Pacific governments stand with Israel in spite of UN...

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PNPB protesters in Jayapura rally in support of full West Papuan membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group
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West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members

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July 12, 2023
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Masi president Georgina Kekea
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‘Respect’ work of journalists and media, Masi tells Solomons police

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April 21, 2022
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Sogavare voted out as no confidence motion passes after ‘fierce’ debate

Pacific Media Watch -
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Freelance journalist Georgina Kekea
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Solomon Islands riots: ‘We’ll shoot you with stones’ abuse for journalists

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Human rights groups protest over 500 arrests of Papuan demonstrators

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Solomon Islands opposition leader Matthew Wale
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‘Tread carefully’, opposition warns Solomons PM over geopolitical rivalries

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March 28, 2022
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Covid-19 vaccinations being given in Vanuatu
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Vaccine inequity in the Pacific: ‘We need to support our neighbours’

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January 30, 2022
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High tide floodwaters in the Carterets 06-12-2021
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Tidal damage cuts swathe across wide area of Pacific

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December 7, 2021
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Gallery: Pacific student journalists show their stuff on USP awards night

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Matthew Wale (left) and Manasseh Sogavare
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Sogavare calls for Wale’s resignation, warns Suidani on ‘domestic terrorists’

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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare
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Censoring SIBC an ‘assault on media freedom’ in Solomons, says IFJ

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The Solomon Star office in Honiara
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Solomon Star promised to ‘promote China’ in return for funding

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July 31, 2023
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RNZ Pacific's new editor Koroi Hawkins
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‘Calm in crisis’ Koroi Hawkins steps up as RNZ Pacific’s first...

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April 3, 2023
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Job Rongo’au reporting on the Honiara riots for ZFM Radio
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Solomon Islands – where the world news talent is all local

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December 6, 2021
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Opposition leader Matthew Wale
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PM ‘must take responsibility’ for Honiara tragedy, says Wale

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December 2, 2021
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Solomon Islands' Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare with Chinese President Xi Jinping
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Saying China ‘bought’ a military base in the Solomons is simplistic...

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March 25, 2022
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Japanese development aid funding splits Pacific unity on key WHO post

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September 21, 2018
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Members of the Indonesian delegation at the Melanesian Leaders' Summit pre-meeting of the Foreign Ministers' in Port Vila last month
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Indonesia responds after claim official attempted to bribe RNZ Pacific journalist

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‘Stay vigilant’, Guam governor warns over China’s Pacific intrusion

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July 26, 2022
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Pacific flags -- Fiji and Tonga -- and protesters in support of Palestine at a rally in New Zealand's largest city Auckland
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

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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Pacific media should be supported post-covid, says PJR report

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Author and journalist Dr David Robie speaking at the launch of the third edition of the Rainbow Warrior book Eyes of Fire
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Nuclear – now climate change: New book on how great powers...

Australia, the country, as a political entity, its government, its major institutions, its official voice to the world, was quiet over the Gaza genocide
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West Papua's Morning Star flag of independence
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