Samoa

A Supreme Court judge in Samoa has ruled that one of the accused in an alleged plot to assassinate the prime minister, be freed on bail.

A Samoan professional rugby team is close to returning home after spending almost two months in New Zealand because of Covid-19.

The Samoa Victim Support Group says it's noticed a marked increase in family violence since the country went into lockdown six weeks ago.

The New Zealand Law Society has raised "serious concerns" about constitutional law changes in Samoa.

A lawyer representing two people accused of attempting to assassinate Samoa's Prime Minister claims Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi is putting himself above the law.

After nearly two months of not hearing church choirs singing hymns due to Covid-19 restrictions, Samoans piled into church buildings Sunday morning in unusually large numbers.

Samoa's former Head of State, Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, has blasted statements made by the Prime Minister as being rude and ridiculing of the framers of the country's Constitution.

An attack on Samoa's deputy prime minister by her boss was a breach of almost every Fa'a Samoa protocol, according to a lawyer and former Attorney General.

Samoa's restrictions around Covid-19 safety measures have been eased with schools to re-open next week and church services permitted from Sunday.

Two political parties in Samoa have called on the Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi to delay passing controversial bills.

Several women in Samoa have established a political party aiming to compete in the 2021 general election with hopes to change the government.

A Representative in American Samoa's fono has rebuked Samoa's prime minister for calling the territory the source of drugs and illegal weapons.

New Zealand residents and citizens wishing to return home from Samoa will now be able to do so on 1 May.

Samoa will go to the polls on 9 April 2021.