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Vanuatu elects a new prime minister; Pacific island countries agree to offer the United States a modified deal to resolve the tuna treaty breakdown; The Tongan Prime Minister, 'Akilisi Pohiva, appears… Read more Audio

Fiji opposition wants international action over suspensions; It's feared a military man is about to be rubber stamped as the next police commissioner in Fiji; Tonga declares a Zika epidemic amid 265… Read more Audio

Villagers facing starvation as PNG drought relief stalls; Marshall Islands elects its first woman president; Coalition wrangling underway in Vanuatu; Tahiti marks 20 years since Mururoa nuclear tests… Read more Audio

Vanuatu holds a snap election, Concern the zika virus may cause malformed babies, Fiji gets a consignment of Russian arms, Challenges returning youths face in Tonga, Papua New Guinea is keen to boost… Read more Audio

The leader of Tuvalu is happy with the outcome of the COP 21 meeting; Vanuatu gets ready for elections after weeks of political turmoil; Political will to stop illegal logging in PNG questioned; FFA… Read more Audio

Few gains from the latest Tuna Commission meeting; "We will be ready for RAMSI's exit." says Solomons Police Chief; Fiji's Human Rights Commission is dealing with hundreds of complaints; Attitudes in… Read more Audio

Attacks have raised concerns for a Fiji sedition charges lawyer; casualties in West papua on Flag Day; there are calls for immediate changes to the Bougainville mining law; Campaign against… Read more Audio

A specialist in Vanuatu governance issues says the president's dissolution of parliament comes as little surprise; Australia is lambasted for its silence on the crisis in Nauru; A Pacific academic… Read more Audio

Papua campaigner coming to grips with release; Rain across much of PNG's Highlands does little to ease the severe drought affecting millions; The Pacific remembers Jonah; Fiji media seek support for… Read more Audio

Worries in Fiji after the police commissioner resigns suddenly; Former New Caledonia president Martin sentenced to jail; Pacific students' economic disadvantage affecting achievement; Norfolk to use… Read more Audio

Pacific drought to get worse as fears turn to disease; failure not an option for Tuvalu in Paris; Nauru defends human rights record at UN; international engagement on West Papua encouraged; Pacific… Read more Audio

A climate resilience conference in Fiji lays out a strong Pacific platform for the COP 21 meeting; Time running out in Vanuatu as political standoff continues; Papuans feel let down by development… Read more Audio