About a year later, David Solomon can smile. “When times are good, things feel good,” Solomon said in an interview with Bloomberg Television from a summit on French business in Versailles.
Since 2019, Beijing has spent a considerable amount of money and effort setting up its position in the Solomon Islands and openly assisting in the crushing of dissent. April 17 was election day ...
Mr Clennell said Jeremiah Manele has replaced Manasseh Sogavare as Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands. “Sogavare was known for being too close to China and for reaching a security agreement ...
Following national elections held April 15, a new Solomon Islands prime minister, Jeremiah Manele, was sworn in Thursday. Solomon Islands Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele (left) [Photo: Solomon ...
But Manele has an opportunity still to deflate regional tensions. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, and Solomon Islands Foreign Minister Jeremiah Manele attend a signing ceremony at the ...
Squads of police patrolled the parliamentary grounds as MPs voted inside, warding off the unrest that has plagued Solomon Islands’ elections in the past. “The people have spoken,” Mr Manele ...
The Solomon Islands lawmakers have selected China-friendly Jeremiah Manele as their new Prime Minister. Mr Manele’s ascension to Prime Minister came as a result of winning a secret ballot on ...
A career diplomat before entering politics, Manele was foreign minister in 2019 when Solomon Islands turned its back on Taiwan and established diplomatic ties with Beijing. Incumbent Sogavare ...
“Leading a nation is never an easy task,” said Jeremiah Manele while standing on the steps of Solomon Islands’ National Parliament, moments after he was elected prime minister. The otherwise peaceful ...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand--The United States opened an embassy in the Solomon Islands on Thursday in its latest move to counter China's push into the Pacific. The embassy in the capital, Honiara ...
Solomon Islands' lawmakers elected China-friendly former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele as prime minister on Thursday, choosing him over an opposition leader intent on curbing Beijing's reach in ...
The Solomon Islands' legislators have chosen Jeremiah Manele, a former foreign minister, to be their new Prime Minister. In a secret ballot today, Mr Manele, who has promised to uphold the Pacific ...