Solomon Islands

Date: October 14th, 2003 |

Three years of ethnic turmoil appear to have been turned around by three months of policing by neighboring nations, principally Australia but including New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. The public overwhelmingly supports this action and life has returned to a peaceful norm both in Honiara, the capital, and throughout most rural areas. Most [read more]

Solomon Islands

Date: June 14th, 2002 |

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Conflict between islanders has occurred on Guadalcanal and is beginning to threaten travelers. The unrest has largely occurred in rural areas between ethnic groups, and expatriates and visitors have not been targets, but in March an armed group attacked a resort on the southeastern coast. No one was hurt, but expatriates were threatened. There is [read more]

Solomon Islands

Date: August 2nd, 2001 |

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Warring factions here have signed a peace agreement which is meant to end two years of conflict between two ethnic groups and pave the way for a return to normalcy. The pact calls for an international force to implement the plan, and Australia is set to take the lead. The conflict has taken the lives [read more]

Solomon Islands

Date: August 1st, 2001 |

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It appears that coup fever is spreading across the South Pacific. A little more than two weeks after Fiji became engulfed in a coup crisis, a rebel group has taken the prime minister and other government officials hostage in the capital city of Honiara on the island of Guadalcanal. The move followed the cancellation of [read more]

Solomon Islands

Date: May 30th, 2001 |

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Ethnic conflict has abated under the terms of a peace agreement signed in October, but severe economic hardship and the presence of hundreds of automatic weapons in the hands of former fighters suggest that the peace could unravel at any time. Non-essential travel to Guadalcanal and the capital city of Honiara should deferred. There is [read more]

Solomon Islands

Date: December 23rd, 2002 |

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An ongoing political, security and economic crisis intensified in the past month with an assassination attempt on a special assistant to the prime minister, an attack on the police ministry in Honiara by 50 “disgruntled special constables” and fighting on Guadalcanal’s Weather Coast where police are trying to apprehend the leader of a rebel group. [read more]

Solomon Islands

Date: November 11th, 2001 |

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An October 2000 peace pact between rival militia groups has produced relative calm and security, but hundreds of automatic weapons remain in the possession of former fighters, the islands are in the middle of a severe economic crisis, and elections are scheduled for December 5. Thus, the security situation could change at any time. Most [read more]

Solomon Islands

Date: August 1st, 2001 |

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The government has stated that it cannot guarantee the safety of the capital city of Honiara on the island of Guadalcanal because of increased ethnic unrest. Armed militants maintain roadblocks outside the city, and in recent months conflict between rival groups has escalated. Other areas of the islands have not been affected, but travel to [read more]

Solomon Islands

Date: May 30th, 2001 |

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A peace agreement between warring ethnic groups was signed in October, but conditions are still tense because weapons are plentiful and the police force is essentially powerless to confront former militants and criminals. Officers receive little support from the government, which is almost insolvent because of large compensation payments made to supposedly aggrieved parties following [read more]