- Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare spoke to Jemima Garrett about the challenge of finding jobs for the huge numbers of unemployed youth.
- PNG's police force faced harsh criticism since the shooting in Hanuabada on 23 January. This most recent incident of police brutality has caused many to label the force incompetent and provoked calls for a restructure.
- Karl Claxton and David Connery analyse the significance of PNG's law and order problems for Australia.
- Another 30 detainees on Manus Island have been granted refugee status in PNG.
- The European Union may ban tuna imports from Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Tuvalu if they do not take action on illegal fishing. The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency is taking the threat seriously.
- Westpac is selling its operations in five Pacific Island countries to the Bank of South Pacific Limited; it will remain in PNG and Fiji.
- Carmen Voigt-Graf asks why intra-Melanesian migration is so low even after the Melanesian Spearhead Group established the Skills Movement Scheme.
- Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has announced that Fiji will be removing the Union Jack from its flag and replacing it with a design that embraces Fijian identity.
- Jennifer Baing is passionate about preserving traditional food systems knowledge for food security in PNG. She created the TV series, Café Niugini, which celebrates the food of the different regions. Here's a clip from the latest episode.
Pacific Island links: Youth unemployment, PNG police, illegal fishing, labour mobility and more
Published 4 Feb 2015
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