Solomon Islands heads to the polls on Wednesday in what experts are calling the most important election in its history. Will the 'master of mayhem' get a record fifth term?
In front of him a few hundred high school students looked on, struggling to concentrate as the stifling Solomon Islands heat suffocated the auditorium.
In the middle there are the people of Solomon Islands, who continue to face entrenched poverty, mass youth unemployment and a health system on its knees.He wants to add to his legacy, continue his China-focused "look north" policy and become the first Solomon Islands prime minister to serve a full term and be re-elected.Both filmmakers and well-known youth leaders, the twin sisters represent a disproportionate chunk of Solomon Islands' population: young people.
"We can't have a leader that leads by himself, knowing what's ahead, whilst everyone else is in the dark." There's kastom stories, similar to Australia's Indigenous Dreamtime stories; stories based on cultural knowledge passed down from generation to generation.It is no surprise then there's a treasure trove of stories centred on Manasseh Sogavare, a man that has loomed large over the country — and its direction — for the past 25 years.that he saw the ghost of his mentor, former prime minister Solomon Mamaloni, who "returned from the grave to offer him guidance".
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