Third narco sub found in Solomon Islands, as cocaine and meth trafficking comes to the Pacific

Cousins Reubenson and Martin Fugui found a 'Made in Colombia' narco sub in Solomon Islands over the weekend — the third such ...

‘Horrifying’: New trend sweeping Fiji as the country battles HIV, meth epidemic

Fiji’s health minister declared an HIV outbreak in January, calling it a “national crisis”. A big factor in the spread of the ...
Reuters

China pilots village surveillance in Solomon Islands, seeks stability

SYDNEY, Sept 11 (Reuters) - China has exported its village surveillance model to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, where Chinese police are piloting fingerprint and data collection to curb social ...
The New York Times

Why Dozens of Gleaming S.U.V.s Were Gifted to an Island Nation

All around Honiara, the capital of the Solomon Islands and host of a regional summit, are not-so-subtle hints of donor nations competing for hearts and minds. By Victoria Kim Victoria Kim took taxis ...

Former diplomat Lachlan Strahan shares insider's take on Solomon Islands-China deal in memoir

Former diplomat Lachlan Strahan used his memoir to criticise parts of the Coalition government's response to Solomon Islands' ...