Britain has announced it will hand over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, ending more than half a century of direct control over the islands. The move has been criticised by some Indigenous groups, ...
The Falkland Islands has just completed its census for 2012 and reported back already. The islands' population is down 4% since 2006, although the government puts this entirely down to a fall in 477 ...
An island is like a piece of land surrounded by water, and it's not as big as a continent but larger than a tiny islet. You can find islands all over the world, and they come in different shapes, ...
The Pacific Island of Tuvalu is grappling with the reality that much of its land mass may no longer lie above sea level by mid-century (Credit: Getty Images) From erecting seawalls to selling ...
Looking out over the translucent waves of the Indian Ocean lapping against the shore, Malay elders of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands fear their paradise could be underwater and their unique culture lost.
It was the year 2000. She was a month into the job; a young cadet reporter at Solomon Islands' national broadcaster, SIBC. Then, the coup happened. "I had family on both sides," Ms Kekea said. "My ...
Drugs, human trafficking, illegal gambling, cyber scams and money laundering are among the most prevalent criminal activities reported in Pacific islands, which were once almost free of organised ...
Japan is made up of almost 7,000 islands ranging from those among the largest in the world to tiny, uninhabited landmasses. The Japanese archipelago consists of 6,852 islands in total according to the ...
The Auckland Islands are the largest of New Zealand’s subantarctic islands with the richest flora, the largest number of subantarctic invertebrates and some of the rarest birds on earth. The Auckland ...
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