Updated: Australia to deploy police, military to Solomon Islands as protests spread
Updated: 6pm (AEDT)Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia will deploy more than 100 police and military personnel to aid the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday, as protesters in the Pacific Island nation defied a curfew to protest for a second consecutive day. Morrison said Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare had requested Australian assistance, […]
Australian, British aid workers killed in blast in Solomon Islands
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Two men from Australia and Britain who worked for an aid agency that helps to dispose of unexploded bombs were killed in a blast in Solomon Islands, their employer said on Monday. It was not immediately clear if the employees of Norwegian People’s Aid were trying to defuse live munitions at the time […]
Pacific nations stay vigilant against coronavirus in cyclone’s aftermath
Reuters A powerful cyclone that hit the Pacific Island nations this week bringing death, injuries and destruction cannot be allowed to disrupt containment efforts against the spread of the coronavirus, officials in the region said. Cyclone Harold, a Category 5 storm with winds in excess of 251 kph passed through the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji […]
South Pacific cyclone and coronavirus create “perfect storm” of worry
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation As deadly Cyclone Harold churns through the South Pacific, small island nations in its path are struggling to balance responses to the disaster with maintaining efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus outbreak, officials warned Wednesday. Cyclone Harold ripped through Vanuatu and Fiji as a deadly top-strength storm this week, […]
CLIMATE CHANGE: SOLOMON ISLANDS CHURCHES PREACH ACTION
CATHERINE WILSON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the role churches are playing in tackling climate change in the Solomon Islands…
Solomon Islands: Rebuilding in the wake of the tsunami
DAVID ADAMS reports on the challenges now facing the Solomon Islanders in the wake of the tsunami…
SOLOMON ISLANDS: CHRISTIAN INITIATIVE AIMS TO BUILD A HEALTHY FUTURE
DAVID ADAMS reports on this year’s Simply Sharing Week…