Samoa's Prime Minister-elect says she doesn't think the accusation of treason by the incumbent leader holds sway, and he is having a hard time letting go of power.

Samoa is facing another day of political uncertainty after the caretaker prime minister rejected the swearing in of the head of the majority FAST party.

Indonesian police have forcefully dispersed a number of West Papuan protests around the region today.

Samoa's FAST Party is expecting to face another day locked out of Parliament today and is also predicting a long year ahead to resolve the country's constitutional crisis.

Ten new new cases of Covid-19 were recorded over the day in Fiji and three are from the country's military headquarters at Queen Elizabeth Barracks in Suva.

Fiame Naomi Mata'afa from Samoa's election-winning FAST party has been named the country's first female Prime Minister, in an ad-hoc ceremony her rival called "treason".

Was the first meeting of the new parliament (including the swearing-in ceremony) convened by the FAST party unconstitutional? Legal academic Fuimaono Dylan Asafo argues it was not.

PNG records 275 Covid-19 cases, Fiji police release crew members of ill-fated vessel, Wallis and Futuna schools reopen after Covid-19 closure, and more.

The majority FAST party in Samoa has described the caretaker government's actions this morning in locking it out of parliament in Apia as tantamount to a coup.

A search and rescue operation to find five missing fishermen who jumped from their boat after an alleged beheading off Fiji is in its final day.

Covid-19 may have forced the cancellation of New Zealand's Pacific Dance Festival last year, but it will be back next month.

A high-level New Caledonian delegation has flown to Paris at the invitation of the French prime minister Jean Castex as the third and last independence referendum looms under the terms of the Noumea Accord.

Ousted MP's son wins South Choiseul by-election in Solomons; Tonga makes swift progress with vaccine rollout; Air Tahiti Nui wins $120m contract, and more.

There are 24 new cases of Covid-19 recorded in central Fiji, the biggest increase since the pandemic began in March 2020.

Two directors of the American Samoa Government who were leading the repatriation programme in Hawaii are in quarantine there after possible exposure to confirmed coronavirus cases.

Fiji's navy continues to search for five crew members still missing since they reportedly jumped off a fishing boat after an alleged beheading.

Samoa's Speaker of Parliament has disregarded a Supreme Court ruling clearing the way for the Legislative Assembly to convene tomorrow.

Eight new cases of Covid-19 infections have been detected in Fiji, taking the nation's total active cases to 99.