Almost a year after banning government advertising in private media without naming any media companies, Cabinet has approved ...

Samoa’s powerlifters have arrived in Fiji for the 2026 Oceania Regional Powerlifting Championship, where they will face ...

The Samoa Observer's tough reporting has led to an undemocratic deep freeze of the country's only daily newspaper.

Samoa’s Prime Minister La’auli Leuatea Schmidt has apologised after previously unseen video showed him leading a Nazi salute and saying “Heil Hitler” at a family gathering. Schmidt issued the apology ...

On November 17, 2025, the Samoa Observer, the country’s only daily newspaper, was banned by Prime Minister La’aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt from attending his press briefings over the ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Samoa’s Prime Minister Laʻauli Leuatea Schmidt apologized Monday for a video from 19 years earlier in which he said “Heil Hitler” and made a Nazi gesture during what he ...

The International Federation of Journalists expresses solidarity with journalists and their sources in Samoa who are being subject to legal threats and investigations that seek to prevent them from ...

Prime minister has accused the Samoa Observer of inaccurate reporting during his eight-week medical stay in New Zealand Samoa’s only daily newspaper has been banned from attending press conferences ...

The Journalists Association of Samoa (JAWS) is demanding answers over the removal of a journalist's camera and the deletion of photographs taken while she was covering a public event. According to the ...

Exposing autocracy from military-ruled Fiji to democratic Samoa, seasoned journalist Shalveen Chand has faced cell blocks, state censorship and physical assaults for holding Pacific powers accountable ...