La'auli Leuatea Schmidt, the leader of the country's FAST party, claimed victory from Friday's national poll after provisional results showed his party picked up as many as 30 seats in the 51-seat ...

She raised the international profile of the nation of 200,000 people by hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting ...

Samoa went to the polls in a critical election that could decide the future of its first woman leader, prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mata’afa.

Samoa went to the polls Friday in a critical election that could decide the future of the Pacific Island nation's first woman leader, who called the vote after her government collapsed in May.

The election, described as the “most unpredictable” in Samoa’s history, had no clear favourite after the governing party split in two factions, leading to the collapse of Fiame Naomi Mata’afa’s ...

Samoans will vote for their next government on August 29 in elections that have been defined by soaring cost-of-living ...

A former New Zealand politician says there is a sense of relief in Samoa following snap election day. Aupito William Sio is in Samoa to vote and support the ...

A Tasmanian academic observing Samoa's snap general election says the results will show whether voters are reaffirming the political shift of 2021 or returning to the old order.