In 2019, Maamau shifted Kiribati’s allegiance from Taiwan to China and in 2021 scrapped fishing limits to accommodate Chinese tuna boats. Chinese police are also active on the island, while an ...

While some talk of evacuating, Kiribati's President Maamau says he wants to build and attract development to the Pacific island nation ...

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 ...

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.

Kiribati President Taneti Maamau, who has led the Pacific Island nation to build closer ties with China in recent years, secured his third term in office on Saturday. He defeated two other ...

Taneti Maamau, who in September announced the Pacific island nation’s switch to diplomatic ties with Beijing, remains president.

New Zealand congratulated Kiribati’s Taneti Maamau after the pro-China president was elected on Saturday to a third term in charge of the low-lying Pacific island nation. According to the New ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent a congratulatory message to Taneti Maamau on his re-election as Kiribati's president.

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.

(Reuters) - 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 ...