Oceania Micronesia Fiji's Prime Minister during his inaugural address as the new President of the Pacific Islands Forum offered an apology to Micronesian members for how the Forum rejected their candidate for Secretary-General
Oceania Samoa The 'E le Sauā le Alofa' (Love is not Violent) study, implemented by the Samoa Victim Support Group, aims to develop new ways to stop violence against women and girls using home-based methods, uniting village leaders and women in a common cause
Oceania Marshall Islands The USA Department of Energy will have to address security failures in the management of nuclear waste in the country after the dome on Enewetak Atoll was used to store radioactive materials left over from nuclear weapons tests during the 40s and 50s
Oceania Tuvalu The IMF Executive Board concluded its 2021 Article IV consultation with the country: the containment measures implemented by the authorities at the start of the pandemic helped keep the country free of Covid, although they took a toll on economic activity
Oceania Papua New Guinea Self-sufficiency in sugar has been reached, with Ramu Sugar - the country's only sugar and ethanol producer and the largest producer of beef cattle - contributing 49% to the country's economy
Oceania Fiji The national rugby team won its second consecutive Olympic gold medal after the country was isolated for months and athletes travelled 7.000 km on a cargo ship carrying frozen fish to get to Tokyo
Oceania Australia With a stunning series of world and Olympic records, specially in swimming, the country successfully ends these Games with the highest number of medals in relation to population number
Oceania Vanuatu Edwin Taribiti, a patient with kidney disease, has become the first patient in the country to undergo kidney surgery and start dialysis
Oceania Nauru Nauru Customs has destroyed 569 boxes of Corona liquor after the product reached its expiry date
Oceania Tonga The Tonga tribe of Kariba has condemned the government for neglecting their plight, saying they have no electricity despite being displaced in the 1950s to pave the way for the construction of the Kariba Dam and hydroelectric plant
Oceania Palau Palau National Marine Sanctuary will allow foreign fishing within its EEZ to recover from the impact of the pandemic on its economy
Oceania New Zealand Plans to remove the spectacular Milford Sound airstrip, mainly serving the tourism and fishing industries, have been met with strong opposition from some pressure groups who say it will have a significant impact on their businesses
Oceania Solomon Islands Prime Minister Hon. Manasseh Sogavare has warned the media that the Emergency Powers (COVID-19) (No.2) Regulations 2021 has provisions relating to Yellow Journalism