Tonga

The powerful King of Tonga has been bringing his elected administration to heel for months, and on Thursday, the country’s ministers of defense and foreign affairs resigned from their positions. In response to royal requests, Prime...

The fastest underwater currents ever seen were unleashed by an uncharacteristically strong volcanic eruption that caused a tsunami off the Pacific island nation of Tonga in 2022, according a study released on Thursday. According to a...

The geological office of the Pacific nation of Tonga reported Tuesday that a volcano north of the country’s largest island has erupted eight times in the previous 48 hours and has advised ships to avoid the...

Tonga will go into lockdown after several cases of Covid were recorded in the capital city Nuku’alofa. Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni said on Tuesday two port workers had tested positive. Officials later confirmed three more cases...

Communication with the Pacific island is still spotty after a massive volcanic eruption spewed ash into the atmosphere and triggered a tsunami that flooded coastlines from Japan to the United States The tsunami threat around the...

Tonga’s women’s rugby team have been given another opportunity to qualify for the 2021 World Cup after the entire side was withdrawn from the Oceania Rugby Women’s Championships in Fiji and quarantined this week following a...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $2.75 million loan and a $2.25 million grant to help Tonga strengthen its long-term economic growth prospects as well as support and develop the country’s capacity...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Tonga today launched Tonga’s first ever Climate Change Trust Fund. Siaosi Sovaleni, Tonga’s Deputy Prime Minister, Lu’isa Tu’I’afitu Malolo, Tonga’s Director of Climate Change, Feleti...

News Hour: The peoples of the Pacific have the world’s highest rates of obesity and diabetes, exceeding 30% of the adult population in some islands states. This week, government, health and development authorities met in the...