According to the 2023 Samoa Poverty and Hardship Report, 21.9 percent of Samoa’s population lives below the basic-needs poverty line, 3 percentage points higher than in 2013‒14.

A political crisis is unfolding in Samoa as its elected prime minister is locked out of Parliament, while the former leader defies election results to claim his party still holds power.

Samoa’s Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said on Monday he would remain in office, despite an order by the country’s Supreme Court that lawmakers sit to appoint a new leader.

Samoa's political crisis intensified on Monday as the leader of the opposition party held a ceremony to form government outside a locked parliament after the incumbent prime minister refused to ...

There is no end in sight to Samoa's political woes as both newly sworn-in Prime Minister Fiame and Caretaker Prime Minister Tuilaepa claim the leadership, in a situation some say is reminiscent of ...

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, then Samoa’s deputy prime minister, in Oslo, Norway, Oct. 23, 2019 (flickr photo by Werner Juvik for Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo). Click to share on Twitter (Opens ...

The South Pacific island nation of Samoa is in a political crisis, with incumbent Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi refusing to cede power despite losing his parliamentary majority at an ...

Ms Mata'afa was sworn in as the country's first female prime minister at a tent ceremony on Monday after the incumbent refused to cede power and ordered the doors of the building to be locked.

Samoa's political crisis intensified on Monday as the leader of the opposition party held a ceremony to form government outside a locked parliament after the incumbent prime minister refused to ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - The South Pacific island nation of Samoa is in a political crisis, with incumbent Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi refusing to cede power despite losing his ...