Samoa

Manu Samoa will have to go six weeks without the services of captain Piula Fa'asalele after he broke his wrist in their Pacific Nations Cup match against the USA on Saturday.

Samoa's District Court will conduct a coronial inquest into the deaths of two one-year-old babies, who died after receiving the MMR vaccine in July last year.

Two senior Samoan nurses, who pleaded guilty to negligence causing the manslaughter of two infants, have been sentenced to five years in prison.

The Manu Samoa rugby coach has challenged his players to take their chances over the next few weeks with World Cup spots on the line.

A coroner has been unable to determine how New Zealand man Hans Dalton came to drown in a Samoan prison six and a half years ago.

Henry Stowers will make his test debut for Manu Samoa among 10 changes to the starting 15 for Saturday's Pacific Nations Cup rugby match against the USA in Suva.

The Australian Rules community in the Pacific Islands is mourning the death of Scott Reid, who started AFL in Samoa before spending 20 years helping to grow the sport in Papua New Guinea.

A police officer in Samoa has been arrested and charged with accepting a bribe in relation to a drug smuggling case.

Samoa and Tonga turned down the chance to play last weekend's Pacific Nations Cup rugby test in another country despite World Rugby expressing concern about the state of the playing field at Apia…

Samoa's Associate Minister of Tourism Amituanai Kenrick Samu has been charged with using offensive language, threatening words and being armed with a dangerous weapon.

The Samoa government is accelerating plans to build a new national rugby stadium following criticism of the playing field at Apia Park.

A 60-year-old woman in Samoa has been sentenced to more than three months in jail for possession of marijuana.

Samoa's campaign to save its national bird, the manumea, was jointly launched on the weekend by New Zealand's Prime Minister.

There's been an angry reaction from members of the public regarding American Samoa's donation of $US100,000 for the Manu Samoa campaign for the Rugby World Cup.

The Office of the Electoral Commissioner in Samoa has charged five people in relation to the recent by-election at the Fa'asalele'aga Number 2 constituency on Savai'i.