Nauru

Nauru President Lionel Aingimea is encouraging residents to mask up, social distance and stay home to stop the spread of Covid-19.

Representatives of Pacific civil society and conservation groups are calling on the New Zealand government to show regional leadership and support a moratorium on deep sea mining. Audio

The Nauru Government says too many vehicles are being imported into the country.

Food insecurity is a growing challenge for Pacific Island countries in the face of more frequent climate disasters, rising sea levels, and the economic fallout of Covid-19 lockdowns.

The president of Palau said the pause on Micronesia's pending withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum is the last chance for leaders in the south to set things right.

The Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Henry Puna, is set to leave the post after just 18 months to try and repair a rift in the organisation.

The Australian Government is being called to explain why it is spending $AU3.5 million of taxpayers' money annually for each refugee it is detaining on Nauru.

Half of the refugees incarcerated in a Melbourne hotel now have Covid-19 and an advocate says Australian officials are to blame.

The Refugee Action Coalition has called Australia's apparent attempt to walk away from its responsibilities for the refugees it dumped in Papua New Guinea an outrage.

Australia and Nauru have re-committed to maintain the detention of asylum seekers and refugees on the island.

Leaders of several Pacific Islands nations have told the UN General Assembly that Taiwan should be able to participate fully in the UN and World Health system.

The leaders of the five independent Micronesian states are planning to set up a formal secretariat on Nauru.

The New Zealand Government says it remains concerned by the ongoing management and governance challenges at the University of the South Pacific.

NZ parliament urged to reflect deeply on racism; re-appointed University of the South Pacific head to focus on stability and good governance; Cook Islands to declare dengue outbreak over, and more.

The Catholic Church in Papua New Guinea, along with the United Nations, is urging the Australian government to allow asylum seekers into the country to settle.

Nauruans stranded in Fiji due to the Covid-19 border restrictions could find themselves heading home soon.

Hundreds of scientists, and coalitions of churches, environmentalists and NGOs are calling for a ban on deep sea mining, following a political move that may open the gates for it to begin in the…

Nauru's government is being urged to halt its reported push to allow deep sea mining in international waters by 2024.