Melanesian countries in the Pacific are pushing ahead with a plan to set up a peacekeeping unit to work with the United Nations around the world. The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), comprising ...

NICE, France, June 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- At the UN Ocean Conference, the governments of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu announced their intention to create the Melanesian Ocean Reserve to safeguard the ...

Annie, centre, with her children in the town of Halifax, circa 1910, forged a rich life in difficult circumstances. Author provided In this series, we look at under-acknowledged women through the ages ...

Papua New Guinea's prime minister Peter O'Neill has promised to do more to speak out on behalf of Melanesians in Indonesian West Papua. "Sometimes we forget our own families, our own brothers, ...

I have been watching your show and cannot remember anyone having Melanesian in their DNA ethnicity results. I did the Ancestry.com DNA test and it showed 1 percent Pacific Islander-Trace Region: ...

A group of 27 Melanesians from the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu in the South Pacific are in Devon visiting the Exeter Diocese. The Melanesian Brotherhood belong to the Anglican Church ...

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Solomon Islands and Vanuatu leaders want investigation into alleged abuses and support for independence campaign Melanesian leaders have accused the United Nations of having “turned a deaf ear” to ...

People from the Melanesian part of the Pacific celebrated their cultures in the first festival of its kind in the country. Photo: Supplied / Stuff Organisers of New Zealand’s first ever Melanesian ...