there have been two days of rioting. firstly in the central area of the capital of the solomon islands and yesterday, in the chinatown area towards the east. the police managed to quell some of the disturbances in the central area but all hell broke loose in chinatown. many buildings burnt down and there are sporadic things going on in the east as we speak. why are they calling for the prime minister to resign? part of a long running dispute that has been going on since september 2019 when they switched
yeah, we nearly died. he then reveals he had briefly met two of those who died yesterday. i said to him, 0k, - good luck to go, and i m not going with you. they said bye bye. did it look like they were hopeful? i m very sorry. the deaths of so many of their fellow travellers has numbed many here, but it s not changed where they want to go. nick beake, bbc news, dunkirk. australian peacekeepers have arrived overnight in the solomon islands after the country s prime minister appealed for help quelling violent unrest that threatened to topple his government.several buildings were burnt down in honi ara, when more than a thousand rioters stormed the chinatown district. doctorjon fraenkel is a politics professor at victoria university in wellington, and a specialist on the solomon islands and he s given me an update on the situation.
about the government s decision to withdraw from the istanbul convention an international accord to reduce violence against women. australian peacekeepers have arrived overnight in the solomon islands after the country s prime minister appealed for help quelling violent unrest that threatened to topple his government. several buildings were burnt down in honi ara, when over a thousand rioters stormed the chinatown district. unrest broke out on wednesday, when protesters besieged the parliament, calling for the pm s resignation. doctorjon fraenkel is a politics professor at victoria university in wellington, and a specialist on the solomon islands. earlier, he gave me an update on the situation. there have been two days of rioting. firstly in the central area of the capital of the solomon islands and yesterday, in the chinatown area towards the east. the police managed to quell some of the disturbances in the central area but all hell broke loose in chinatown. many buildings burnt d
but it s not changed where they want to go. nick beake, bbc news, dunkirk. australian peacekeepers have arrived overnight in the solomon islands, after the country s prime minister appealed for help quelling violent unrest that threatened to topple his government. several buildings were burnt down in honiara, when over 1,000 rioters stormed the chinatown district. unrest broke out on wednesday, when protesters besieged the parliament, calling for the pm s resignation. people on the island have long complained of neglect by the government, and have strongly opposed the country s decision to sever ties with taiwan and align itself more closely to china. gina kekea is a local journalist in honiara she told me what the scene is like this morning in chinatown. for us in honiara, chinatown has been burnt down. but i think inside of honiara, that s where all the mayhem is taking place, and it s
is heading for a health disaster because of a 50% drop in the effectiveness of widely used antibiotics. the report said there had been a surge in prescribing the medicines because of the false belief that they could kill off the covid i9 virus. australian peacekeepers have arrived overnight in the solomon islands after the country s prime minister appealed for help quelling violent unrest that threatened to topple his government.several buildings were burnt down in honiara, when over a thousand rioters stormed the chinatown district. unrest broke out on wednesday, when protesters besieged the parliament, calling for the pm s resignation. gina kekea is a local