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Nov 28, 2021 · The prime minister of the riot-hit Solomon Islands vowed on Sunday to defy pressure to resign, saying violence that swept the capital had been orchestrated by a few people with “evil intention”...
Nov 25, 2021 · Unrest rocks capital for a second day with rioters targeting Chinatown businesses amid escalating inter-island tensions.
Nov 25, 2021 · 25 November 2021. 0:30. Video on social media showed government buildings and businesses in Chinatown set ablaze. Australia is sending peace keeping troops to the Solomon Islands, as riots...
Nov 27, 2021 · People walk through the Chinatown district of Honiara on the Solomon Islands on November 26, 2021, after a third day of violence that saw the prime minister's home come under attack and swathes...
- How Are China and Taiwan Involved?
- Why Did This Cause A Rift in The Solomons' Politics?
- Could We Have Predicted Violent Protests?
- Has This Sort of Thing Happened before?
- Will Sogavare Stand Down?
- What Is Likely to Happen Next?
At the centre of a deepening rift between the central government and Malaita Province — the most populous island in the Solomon Islands archipelago — is, somewhat surprisingly, foreign policy. Solomon Islands had previously been among only a handful of countries with diplomatic ties to Taipei rather than Beijing — a significant proportion of which ...
Mr Sogavare said the decision to formalise ties with China was putting Solomon Islands on "the right side of history". But not all agreed, with opposition politicians fiercely criticising the move. In August 2019, a group of senior politicians published an open letter condemning the shift in relations. "We believe the long-term interests of our cou...
Wednesday's protests appeared to come as a surprise despite recognition of building tensions. Maverick Peter Seda is a student at the Honiara campus of the University of the South Pacific who ran into the protests while returning home. He told the ABC people were "shocked" and "freaking out" about the protests and the subsequent lockdown. "Angry yo...
Yes. Australia deployed a peacekeeping mission known as the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) in 2003after years of ethnic tension and violence between militia from the islands of Guadalcanal and Malaita. Honiara has also seen violent demonstrations target ethnic Chinese-owned businesses in the past. In 2006, following the elec...
Most don't think so. Mr Cavanough said he believed it was "very unlikely" Mr Sogavare would stand down. "He was democratically elected through their process back in 2019," he said. "Though the China switch, which has led to a lot of tension, kind of came as a surprise, he had long been on the record really being opposed to the Taiwan partnership. "...
Neighbouring Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape has appealed to the people of Solomon Islands to "respect the rule of law and democratic institutions", urging them "not to take the law into their own hands". "Solomon Islands has always been a beacon of hope for us in Melanesia, and a middle ground for many of our Pacific and Melanesian ...
Nov 26, 2021 · As Australian police and soldiers deployed to secure the port, airport and other critical infrastructure, mobs once again torched buildings and looted the smouldering rubble of shops in the usually...
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Nov 26, 2021 · The detachment of around 100 Australian police and military personnel, alongside 34 Papua New Guinean colleagues, will back up the overwhelmed Royal Solomon Islands Police Force whose weakness...
