Samoa locks down after first community Covid-19 case
APIA, Samoa (AFP) -- The Pacific island nation of Samoa sealed its borders Friday as it prepares to enter a…
4 years ago
Samoa
Samoa, Kiribati to lock down as virus lands in Pacific
Kiribati and Samoa entered lockdowns Saturday after overseas arrivals brought Covid to the Pacific island nations that had avoided the…
4 years ago
Pacific’s Samoa records first case of coronavirus
APIA, Samoa (AFP) -- Samoa announced its first case of Covid-19 on Thursday, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to spread…
6 years ago
Samoa’s measles death toll rises to 20
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- The death toll from a measles epidemic in Samoa has risen to 20 as the…
7 years ago
Samoa government sets up consulate office in the Philippines
The government of Samoa has set up a consular office in the Philippines. The move is part of the Polynesian…
8 years ago
Aid reaches cyclone-hit Tonga as storm passes Fiji
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) --International aid began trickling in on Wednesday to areas of Tonga devastated by Cyclone Gita, as Fiji…
8 years ago
Blackouts, flooding as cyclone batters Tongan capital
NAKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) -- Nuku'alofa awoke to scenes of devastation Tuesday after the most powerful cyclone ever recorded in the…
8 years ago
Tonga declares state of emergency as cyclone looms
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) -- Tonga declared a state of emergency Monday as the Pacific island kingdom braces for a direct…
8 years ago
6.8-magnitude quake off Tonga, no tsunami threat
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Tonga Saturday in the tectonically active Pacific…
9 years ago
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