Beijing and Canberra have adopted different strategies to support policing in the Pacific nation and observers are split on which is proving more effective ...

An uneasy calm has settled over the Solomon Islands capital Honiara after protests outside the national parliament on Wednesday calling for Prime Minister Sogavare’s resignation descended into civil ...

Australia on Thursday announced it was sending police, troops and diplomats to the Solomon Islands to help after anti-government demonstrators defied lockdown orders and took to the streets for a ...

Authorities in Solomon Islands say 23 people have died and 9,000 are homeless following disastrous flash floods, landslides and strong winds. The Solomon's National Disaster Council says the victims ...

A nighttime curfew entered into force in the Solomon Islands’ tense capital Honiara on Friday, after a third day of violence that saw the prime minister’s home come under attack and swathes of the ...

This morning the 36-hour lockdown imposed after rioting struck Honiara in Solomon Islands has lifted. The scene is a sorry one, buildings burned, debris on the main road, shops looted and exhausted ...

As the trucks and cars zoom down Honiara's only highway, avoiding the potholes where they can, Ashley Wickham stands in the shadow of a behemoth. Almost impossible to miss, the construction site of ...