Tag: Solomon Islands elections

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Jeremiah Manele has been elected Prime Minister of Solomon Islands, polling 31 votes to 18 over rival candidate and...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Police in Solomon Islands are on high alert ahead of the election of the prime minister today. The two candidates...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor Former opposition leader Matthew Wale has been announced as the second prime ministerial candidate ahead of the election in...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor The first prime ministerial candidate has been announced in Solomon Islands and it is not Manasseh Sogavare. The man of...

RNZ Pacific The race to form the next government of Solomon Islands could be a tight one, with no single party emerging from the election...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Honiara With only four more seats in the 50-member Parliament yet to be officially declared, there is no...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Honiara More than 60 percent of the national results of the Solomon Islands election are now in. So far,...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Honiara Solomon Islands' incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has been re-elected in the East Choiseul constituency. It is the...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Honiara After a relatively well organised and peaceful day of voting in Solomon Islands yesterday, the electoral commission...

By Koroi Hawkins, RNZ Pacific editor in Honiara Polls have opened today in Solomon Islands. "Today is polling day. Polling Station opens at 7 am and...

RNZ News The first votes of the 2024 Solomon Islands joint elections have been cast in Honiara on Friday. The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) said...

By Koroi Hawkins in Honiara Police in Solomon Islands remain on high alert after Wednesday's riots which broke out across the capital Honiara shortly after...

By Rosalie Nongebatu, editor of Wansolwara A Solomon Islands academic says the only body that can find a legitimate solution to his country’s current crisis...

Police say some people decided to take the law into their own hands and marched through some streets of the capital, fighting, causing public...

By RNZ Pacific Police in Solomon Islands called for calm today after rioting broke out in the capital of Honiara over the election of Manasseh...

By RNZ News Manasseh Sogavare has been voted in as the Prime Minister of Solomon Islands for the fourth time, polling 34 votes over his rival...

Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Ezekiel Alebua says that while last week's general election was peaceful, he claims it was also...

By Koroi Hawkins of RNZ Pacific Independent and returning MPs dominate the line-up for Solomon Islands new Parliament with all the results in from last...

By RNZ Pacific The Commonwealth observer group has commended the commitment of the people of Solomon Islands to participating peacefully in last Wednesday's national election. In...

By SIBC Two women have been elected out of the 25 female candidates who contested last week's Solomon Islands general election, officials have declared. They are...

By Ofani Eremae in Honiara Former Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has been returned for his sixth term in Parliament after retaining his East...

By Rosalie Nongebatu As Solomon Islanders headed to the polls on Wednesday to vote for leaders whom they trust will lead them in the next...