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The Health Authority of Papua New Guinea’s most populous province has had to shutter its doors, whilst nearly one-third of Nauru’s population has been detected with COVID-19.

The upcoming Fijian election offers a prime opportunity to more effectively utilise social media to increase political participation amongst disaffected groups, Jope Tarai writes.

Facebook has provided new economic and social opportunities for the region. It has also raised questions around the impact of disinformation, digital literacy and media censorship on the region’s security.

A deal to preserve the Pacific Islands Forum was the major security story of the fortnight, while Fiji has offered a sobering reminder of the impacts of climate change to world leaders.

Papua New Guinea’s 2022 election has only just started, but its integrity is already under attack, Henry Ivarature and Michael Kabuni write.

For too long, development partners in the Pacific have looked at customary systems as a barrier, when they should see it as the key to success, Apisalome Movono and Regina Scheyvens write. During the pandemic there have been extraordinary signs of resilience in Pacific Island states. This is despite the economic hardship caused by over…