With just over a year left in her tenure as Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa faces political upheaval.

It’s financially affecting us.” Taliulu and others from the village on Upolu, the largest island of Samoa, fish mostly for tuna. It is their biggest industry and a family affair. An excavator is used ...

Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Samoa’s first female Prime Minister, emerged from Parliament on January 21, 2025, with her leadership ...

Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataʻafa has confirmed the sacking of three Cabinet Ministers in a press conference. Leota ...

Living alone in a tiny house just outside the Savai'i village of Alaolemativa, Hazy Pau Talauati is a Samoan man who dresses and lives as a woman. She is a fa'afafine. Like most fa'afafine in ...

In 2019, Samoa experienced a measles outbreak caused by low vaccination coverage. Following Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination to be President-elect Donald Trump's health and human services ...