Tag: Pacific leadership
Sea of Western flags in Oceania? It’s really about a continuing...
ANALYSIS: By Greg Fry and Terence Wesley-Smith
In his recently published article “Sea of many flags”, the head of the ANU National Security College Rory...
Fiji women condemn Bainimarama government’s ‘silence’ on West Papua
By Rusiate Baleilevuka in Suva
A Fiji women's advocacy group has condemned their government for remaining silent over the human rights violations in West Papua...
Pacific Islands Forum launches new 2050 strategic blueprint
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Islands Forum has launched a new longterm strategy to address present and future challenges faced by Pacific peoples.
The "2050 Strategy for...
More Pacific Islands Forum summit leaders pull out as crisis grows
RNZ Pacific
The number of leaders attending the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Suva, Fiji, has dropped further, with both the president of the Marshall...
PNG’s Pangu Pati entangled in new legal row over female president
By Jeffrey Enapa in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea’s ruling Pangu Pati is entangled in another internal dispute just six months before the issue of...
Michael Somare – the passing of a great man, Sana, the...
By Scott Waide in Lae, Papua New Guinea
Sir Michael was a man of many titles. He was father, grandfather and chief.
As a tribal leader,...
A bruising 24 hours in the Pacific – three key questions...
ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Pryke in Sydney
After a divisive marathon meeting into the early hours of Thursday, Pacific leaders have emerged with a new Secretary-General...
Former Cook Islands PM elected new secretary-general of PIF in close...
By RNZ Pacific
Former Cook Islands Prime Minister Henry Puna has been narrowly elected as the new secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum after a...