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France’s electoral reform plans, tacitly backed by Australia, face strong resistance, says Nic Maclellan.

As the French National Assembly and Senate debate changes to New Caledonia’s electoral laws, there are protests in the streets of Noumea.

Nauru serves as the canvas for an area-based approach to sustainable development programming that bucks tradition, says Tuya Altangerel.

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More than 4000 kilograms of methamphetamine was discovered in neighbouring Fiji in a week and authorities in Samoa are hoping the new Guardian Class Patrol Boat Nafanua III will play a pivotal role in safeguarding Samoa.The Minister of Police, Faualo Harry Schuster said despite a shared responsib...

Analysis - Sébastien Lecornu has arrived in New Caledonia for a week-long visit and a focus on hosting the 10th South Pacific Defence Ministers' Meeting on 5-6 December.

The Fifty-Second (52nd) Pacific Islands Forum was held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands from 6 – 10 November 2023, and was attended by the Heads of State, Government, and Territories of Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledon...

Pacific Island leaders have welcomed Fiji's concept of a Zone of Peace.

Leaders are eager for international delegations to focus on Pacific agendas and priorities, exemplified by the 2050 Strategy for a Blue Pacific Continent.

For Pacific leaders, the international arena is getting very complex, very fast. As the Pacific Islands Forum leaders gather in Cook Islands, they will once again seek to forge a consensus around a lengthy and complex agenda.