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Solomons civics training expected to influence voting next year
Volunteers who are encouraging Solomon Islanders to think more about their votes believe their work will have a big impact on next year's general election. The network of volunteers, which...
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Fiji's NFP wants Lautoka municipal election declared null and void
Fiji's National Federation Party has called on the local government minister to declare last weekend's municipal elections in the city of Lautoka null and void. The Daily Post reports that...
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Cook Islands Court allows appeal
The Cook Islands Court of Appeal has this afternoon allowed an appeal on an election petition in the constituency of Mitiaro.
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Toroama secures second term as Bougainville president
The incumbent president of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) has retained the Bougainville presidency after securing more than 90,000 votes in the 2025 general election.
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PNG election misinformation 'worse than ever'
As the Papua New Guinea elections approach there are increasing worries about the spread of false information.
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Afghan election to go to 2nd round
The presidential election in Afghanistan will go to a second round, after no candidate secured more than fifty percent of the vote.
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Tonga's democracy movement names by-election candidates
The Tongan Human Rights and Democracy Movement has selected former education lecturer, Finau Tutone, as its candidate for the by-election on Tongatapu created by the elevation of Dr Fred Sevele...
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Foreign troops killed by 'friendly fire'
Friendly fire is being blamed for the deaths of five foreign servicemen in southern Afghanistan.
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Why is it reigning men at the UN?
Analysis - It's reigning men at the UN. How much is gender bias to blame, asks Leilani Momoisea.
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Example set for more women MPs in Samoa
Samoa's senior woman MP and Minister of Justice, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, has called for women in Samoa to get more involved in village affairs before the 2016 general election.
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Bangladesh remains host
The Asian Cricket Council says Afghanistan will be the fifth team in this year's Asia Cup and Bangladesh will remain the host of next month's tournament despite political turmoil in...
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Nauru government welcomes Forum election observers' report
Nauru's Acting President, Frederick Pitcher, has welcomed the Pacific Islands Forum Report into last month's general election which described the process as credible and reflecting the will of the…
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Wallis gets new French administrator
The French government has named a new administrator for Wallis and Futuna. Michel Aubouin will replace Michel Jeanjean at the end of March. The administrator has executive powers, implementing the...
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French Senator wants Pacific territories to have member in European parliament
A French senator from the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion, Paul Verges, has presented a bill to ensure that the French Pacific territories will have a representative in the...
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Recount confirms Harawira's loss
Any remote chance the Mana leader Hone Harawira had of making it back into Parliament has been extinguished, with a recount in Te Tai Tokerau actually seeing him lose two votes.
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Tonga pro-democracy MP threatens to leave reform committee
A Pro-Democracy MP in Tonga, Akilisi Pohiva, is threatening to withdraw from the Select Committee for Political Reform because he believes it is a waste of time. His comments come...
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PNG to look at new laws to form stable governments
Papua New Guinea parliamentarians today begin considering law changes that are aimed at producing stable governments. Since independence, no PNG administration has lasted its full five-year term…
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Votes for sale in Solomon Islands election
A group of voters in Solomon Islands is openly demanding cash in return for their ballots.
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Simon Bridges to face National Party leadership challenge
Two National Party MPs will challenge Simon Bridges and deputy Paula Bennett for the party leadership, Bridges says. Audio
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No clear winner in Czech election
Czech Social Democrat leader Bohuslav Sobotka says he expects tough talks with other parties on forming a minority or coalition government after winning less of a parliamentary election vote than…
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Political stability in French Polynesia feared elusive
There is a claim that fresh general elections in French Polynesia won't guarantee political stability. Paris plans to change the electoral law and organise two rounds of voting in January...
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World is angry, stressed, but New Zealanders mostly happy, says Gallup report
While people around the world are becoming more angry, stressed and worried, New Zealanders are faring well emotionally.
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Voting begins in closely-watched French election
The French vote today in an election that will decide whether centrist president Emmanuel Macron keeps his job or is unseated by far-right eurosceptic Marine Le Pen.
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German elections: Voters decide who will take charge after Merkel
The fight to succeed popular, long-serving chancellor Angela Merkel could barely be tighter as Germans vote in parliamentary elections.
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Nervous times for Democratic hopefuls after New Hampshire
Analysis: If there's one thing the New Hampshire primary made clear, it's that Democrats are no closer to agreeing on the right candidate to beat Republican President Donald Trump in November.
