WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samoa ’s Prime Minister said she would seek to dissolve Parliament, prompting an early election, after a vote on her government’s budget for the next year ...

Samoa’s first female Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa faces entrenched patriarchal forces as she fights for re-election.

Samoa’s turmoil reflects broader political instability across the Pacific, which is bound up with sharp shifts in global politics under the escalating capitalist crisis.

The South Pacific island nation of Samoa will hold a snap election on Aug. 29 after Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa’s government collapsed following a budget defeat. The vote sets ...

Samoa’s parliament was dissolved on June 3 after the government of Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa failed a week earlier to have its 2025 Budget approved. Conceding defeat, Fiamē advised ...

With Conduent, American Samoa will convert its paper voucher system to EBT cards and offer online and mobile access capabilities ...

The South Pacific island nation of Samoa will hold a snap election on Aug. 29 after Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa’s government collapsed following a budget defeat.

As of 2024, nearly 5,000 needy, elderly, blind or disabled individuals in American Samoa receive ASNAP benefits from the government. These benefits provide essential food assistance to supplement ...

Samoa will head to the polls on Aug. 29, a half-year earlier than expected, after Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa’s government collapsed following a budget defeat in parliament late last ...