Forty years ago, I visited #NewCaledonia at the height of the Troubles (Les évènements). At the time, much of the conflict played out in rural areas, with FLNKS battling “colon” farmers. Horrific events on the periphery: the 1984 Tiendanite massacre, the 1988 Ouvea crisis etc.

Want background on the New Caledonia crisis? A great explainer from Nic Maclellan on devpolicy.org today. A must read: devpolicy.org/crisis-in-new-…

Interesting blog post from Gigil Marme, Jerzy Kuzma & Shannon Rutherford on the poor performance of PNG's political health authorities in controlling TB: devpolicy.org/limited-govern…

Interesting! The storm again! For real???

Lest we forget. May 14th marks the arrival of the first indentured laborers from India to Fiji in 1879, under the British colonial rule. May 14th is also the day Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka carried out the 1987 coup overthrowing the Timoci Bavadra Govt that led to an exodus of Indians from Fiji.

🚨 Event alert 🚨 A shrinking humanitarian space and increasing humanitarian needs

MSF International International President Dr Christos Christou & MSF InternationalAustralia Head of Mission Arunn Jegan on the erosion of intl humanitarian law.

📅 Tues 28 May
⏰ 5.30pm - 6.30pm
📝 events.devpolicy.org/20240528-media

Fascinating devpolicy.org blog post from Joel Odota on Chinese infrastructure successes and failures in Uganda. All Pacific actors should take note: devpolicy.org/chinese-infras…

'Popular disquiet about government may have abated owing to Sogavare having for now relinquished the top office, but Honiara remains an easily combustible cauldron,' says Jon Fraenkel from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.

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Sogavare - Finance Ministry
Foreign Affairs - Peter Shanel Agovaka
DPM/Mines - Bradley Tovosia

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Dr Tess Newton Cain Terence Wood Anna Powles Marion Crawshaw

Solomon Islands new deputy PM may have best name in politics…

‘Bradley Billy Smoky Rodo Tovosia’

Incredible! Hats off to his parents!

Very interesting blog on devpolicy.org today from Stefan Armbruster & Stephen Wright on falling media freedom in PNG and improving freedom in Fiji: devpolicy.org/fijis-media-fr…

The April aid news on devpolicy.org is out! devpolicy.org/april-2024-aid…

What do you reckon, will we see a lot of mea culpas and apologies from all those pundits who claimed China & Manessah Sogavare were going to shut down democracy in the lead up to the Solomons elections ?
skynews.com.au/opinion/solomo…

Jeremiah Manele, who most recently served as foreign minister of the Solomon Islands and who backs close ties with China, is set to become prime minister.

Thank you Dr Tess Newton Cain Terence Wood JaydeeNomisasa for your insights!

asia.nikkei.com/Location/Ocean…

The Solomon Islands’ new prime minister, Jeremiah Manele, has promised an aggressive approach to improving the economy after a national election last month showed widespread frustration with falling living standards. benarnews.org/english/news/p…

I'm missing the obvious (speaker doesn't vote???) but doesn't this add to 49? Did someone abstain?

For those who would like to know a bit more about the new PM of Solomon Islands, some biographical details of Manele are on parliament's website: parliament.gov.sb/index.php/prof…

Jeremiah Manele is the next Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands after being voted in by 31 members of the 12th Parliament.
Manele is from previous PM Sogavare’s Party and the head of the new coalition GNUT.

The Pacific Newsroom Stephen Dziedzic Sophie Mak

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