Samoa

China will consider building a police training centre in Solomon Islands, as Foreign Minister Wang Yi tours the Pacific in a bid to increase its influence in the region.

When Samoan matai Lelevaga Fa'amanū Lā'ulu speaks of his cherished home, his words resonate with immense pride.

Samoa's opposition Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) is without a leader in Parliament following the suspension of Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi. Audio

The leader of Samoa's Human Rights Protection Party, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, and the party's secretary Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi have been suspended indefinitely without pay from Parliament.

Today marks the one-year anniversary since newly elected members of Parliament, from Samoa's FAST party, took their oath of office.

Four more positive Covid cases were reported in Kiribati; Tonga eases restrictions further; 331 new cases in Samoa and more PNG rugby league players getting NRL exposure

Two passengers on a flight between Fiji and Samoa last Saturday tested positive to Covid-19 on arrival at Faleolo Airport.

Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has appeared before a parliamentary committee to explain an agreement she signed with the opposition leader to discontinue a contempt of court case.

Samoa's overnight curfew will ease, schools will begin opening this week and some travel can resume under changes to Covid emergency restrictions.

A new era has dawned in Samoa with the swearing-in of three women MPs, taking the number of women in the Legislative Assembly to seven.