Pacific Waves for Friday 17 July 2015

3:06 PM.Police in Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands province say they are powerless to stop a tribal war; more revelations of sexual abuse in the asylum seeker camp on Nauru; the dengue fever outbreak in… Read more Audio

3:05 PM.Police in Papua New Guinea's Western Highlands province say they are powerless to stop a tribal war on the remote border with Enga province that has killed about 300 people over thirty years. Audio

3:04 PM.The operator of the Nauru detention centre has received 67 allegations of child abuse, either at the hands of staff or other asylum seekers. Audio

3:03 PM.An epidemiologist for American Samoa's Department of Health Scott Anesi has described the recent dengue fever outbreak in the territory as an epidemic. Audio

5:05 AM.A state of emergency is declared in the Northern Marianas as it reels from its severed phone line; The Secretariat of the Pacific Community says taxing junk food needs to be considered to stop… Read more Audio

5:04 AM.A state of emergency declared in the Northern Marianas on wednesday will allow the transfer of resourcesto help recover its disrupted communications network as soon as possible. Audio

5:03 AM.The SPC says a junk food tax has to be considered to prevent obesity in children. Audio

5:02 AM.The head of Diabetes Fiji says a lot needs to be done in order to reverse the country's high rate of diabetes - estimated to be about one-in-three adults. Audio

5:00 AM.Samoan visual artist Siliga Setoga has been awarded Creative New Zealand's 2015 artist-in-residence at the National University of Samoa. Audio