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Honiara (AFP) - Solomon Islands beefed up its police force's hardware with a donation on Friday of water cannons from China, days after it received guns from Australia.

Australia has donated more than $1 million in weapons and vehicles to Solomon Islands police, in a move criticised by the Solomon Islands opposition.

Across the capital, Honiara, people are unimpressed with the government’s argument that it can’t host an election and a sporting event in the same year

Matthew Wale says Chinese forces may be brought in by government to deal with unrest from postponing vote

The Solomon Islands government says it's considering replacing the board of the country's national broadcaster, but denies taking control of editorial policy, amid concerns the government-funded media outlet is losing its independence.

The government of the Solomon Islands is tightening its control over the nation’s state-owned broadcaster

Foreign Minister Penny Wong was no doubt expecting a cooler reception than her three previous visits to the Pacific when she touched down in Honiara last Friday. The Solomon Islands government website had not even listed the Australian minister’s visit – but it did note the first visit of a…

Solomon Islands Opposition Leader Matthew Wale is accusing the Australian Federal Police of renting a property from a key government MP and powerbroker for a hugely inflated price.

Morrison dodges questions on whether Australia knew of Solomon Islands-China pact amid ministers’ conflicting accounts