An Australian-led peacekeeping force
arrives to maintain order. A
multi-national force of South Pacific
nations is formed to keep the peace.

2006

Claims the then-Prime Minister took
bribes from Chinese businessmen to
buy votes in Parliament leads to mass
rioting and the destruction of
Chinatown.

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Indu is a senior foreign
affairs official who
worked in the Solomon
Islands diplomatic
mission in Wellington
in 2014 and is currently
in the Canberra
mission.

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Solomon

Islands FSII

Barnabas

Anga
TRC Dr Phillip

Like the other
targets, her work focus
is Solomon Islands
national interests. She
wrote a thesis in 2013
on regional fisheries
policy called “A case
study on the Treaty
between certain
Pacific Islands States
and the United States
on Fisheries.”

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Fiona
Indu
Malaita

Eagle
Force

JAMES

Remobatu

ROBERT Iroga report
TRC

Memorandum Rose Qurusu

2010

of

Peaceful elections lead to a stable
government elected for a four-year
term.

the

2013

The multi-national force downgrades to
a policing mission.

2014

New elections lead to a new
government.

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Key words

Honiara

Barnabas Anga, former permanent secretary of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade

Benjamin Afuga, Solomon Islands
anti-corruption campaigner

Dr Philip Tagini, former special
secretary to the Prime Minister

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2003

satellite
red by spy

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arch phrase

pa

The Malaitan Eagle Force militia group
stages a coup, which forces the Prime
Minister to resign. About 100 people are
killed. An Australian-brokered peace
agreement fails to quell lawlessness.

Fiona indu,
pictured with
John Key

ho

2000

S O LO M O N
ISLANDS

Minister Truth and
Reconciliation
Malaita
Ma’asina Forum

Commission
Benjamin

AFUGA

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Fighting breaks out when the Isatabu
Freedom Movement accuses the
Malaitans of taking land and jobs. About
20,000 people leave their homes and
later the Guadalcanal island.

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Solomon’s troubles
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