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The Bougainville Executive Council is meeting today to discuss potential measures after the first local case of Covid-19 emerged ahead of elections this week.

Australia's Human Rights Law Centre says the Australian Government must ensure the safety of people it is detaining in PNG.

Leaders of Covid-free nations in Micronesia are planning an in-person meeting this year.

The suspension of 100 percent fisheries observer coverage on all purse seine fishing vessels in the Pacific is set to be extended.

Pacific fisheries observers work in dangerous environments on board foreign fishing vessels holding them to account and helping protect the region's fish stocks and oceans. But who is protecting them?

A radio programme supporting frontline healthcare workers will be soon be heard across the Pacific via local broadcasters. Audio

The new head of the University of the South Pacific aims to improve governance at the regional institution.

Nauru is today marking 50 years since the country got control of its phosphate industry.

The full council of the University of the South Pacific is meeting today to decide whether a report - on allegations of abuse of office and serious mismanagement - will be made public.

Micronesian countries say they oppose a postponement of the appointment of a new Secretary-General for the Pacific Islands Forum. Audio

The full council of the University of the South Pacific is expected to meet soon to address "pending issues" at the regional institution.

There's an air of certainty at the University of the South Pacific after two weeks of protests at the regional institution. Audio

The Pacific Islands Forum Chair and Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Kausea Natano, has requested the postponement of the appointment of a new Secretary-General.

The controversy over a high profile suspension at the University of the South Pacific has continued with two staff from the USP being questioned by Fiji police.

A former vice-chancellor at Papua New Guinea's University of Technology says politics has no place in university governance. Audio

The suspended pro Vice Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific believes he's a victim of a witch-hunt by the leadership group at the regional institution. Audio

Five nurses from Fiji have been reportedly detained in Nauru for violating Covid-19 quarantine regulations on the island.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic the total fisheries observer coverage on all purse-seiners fishing in Pacific waters is suspended until 31 July.

A refugee formerly detained on PNG's Manus Island, now locked up in an Australian hotel, has recorded a song with the help of Midnight Oil's Jim Moginie. Video

The Fiji Flight Attendants Union says it will contest the decision by Fiji Airways to lay off more than 400 of its members this week.

New Zealand has announced four new diplomatic appointments, including High Commissioners to Nauru and Niue.

About 40 more refugees, who were detained in PNG and Nauru, have flown to the United States for resettlement.

The Nauru Government has provided more funding for the state owned airline as it confronts the effects of the Covid-19 lockdown.

Megan Gifford has been through too much to let a global pandemic derail her dreams.