Nauru

Amnesty International Australia and refugee rights groups have stated that the 40 people who recently sought asylum in Western Australia and were brought to the island of Nauru to be processed in offshore detention should head back to Australia

After China and Nauru officially resumed diplomatic relations, 26 international students from Nauru arrived in Beijing to participate in a month-long learning programme focusing on China's national conditions and Chinese language

Among the reasons for the break with Taiwan and the rapprochement with China would be the fact that the country faces immense financial pressure due to the imminent closure of the Regional Refugee Processing Centre

The country, where freedom of expression is constitutionally guaranteed but not always respected, has no daily newspaper; the government has introduced many restrictions for foreign journalists, including a several thousand dollars visa application fee

The island's main phosphate mines were closed in the 1980s, although phosphate mining and exports resumed in 2005; the government estimates that the secondary deposits have a remaining life of about 30 years, but the island's landscape has been devastated

Australian Defence Force explosive ordnance disposal specialists recently landed on Nauru to support the safe disposal of a 500lb bomb dating back to World War II as part of Operation Render Safe

The country has a new Taiwan ambassador, after Joseph Chow's transfer from his previous role as representative in Fiji was approved

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission will consider adopting a management procedure for skipjack tuna, but members of the Nauru Agreement Parties are hesitant to commit to it

A girl that at 2 of age was evacuated from the country to receive urgent medical treatment upon court decision that forced the Commonwealth to provide proper treatment, has now won a 'historic settlement' in her abuse case in Nauru

Controversial former Nauru president Baron Waqa is set to become the next secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Palau president Surangel Whipps Jr has confirmed