Concern around Kiribati’s security partnership with China has been growing since its switch in diplomatic recognition from ...

Taneti Maamau, the pro-China President of Kiribati, has retained his seat in the country's parliamentary election. Maamau is seeking a third term as the Pacific island country's president later ...

Beijing has been sending small teams of police to train Kiribati’s stretched forces in the lead-up to the election, a development that has raised eyebrows among Pacific watchers.

Since coming to power, Maamau has drawn Kiribati ever closer to Beijing, betting ties with the world’s second largest economy will help his country meet ambitious 2036 development goals.

Kiribati’s pro-China President Taneti Maamau and opposition leader Tessie Lambourne won their seats in a national election held in the remote Pacific Island nation, unofficial results showed today.

Some saw Beijing’s hand in Maamau’s decision to leave the alliance, a claim China’s Foreign Ministry rejected as “completely groundless” during a regular news briefing Monday.

On the C-SPAN Networks: Taneti Maamau is a President for the Kiribati with one video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2023 Remarks. Secretary Blinken made remarks at a ...

SYDNEY/TAIPEI (Reuters) - The presidential run-off in the Pacific island nation of Kiribati between a pro-Beijing leader and an opposition candidate sympathetic to Taiwan is the most aggressive ...

Secretary Blinken made remarks at a signing ceremony with Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Alice Albright and Kiribati President Taneti Maamau at the Department of State.

His Highness the Deputy Amir Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to President of the Republic of Kiribati Taneti Maamau, on the occasion of his country's National Day.