In the remote Pacific island nation of Kiribati, population 120,000, President Taneti Maamau wants to extend his decade in power - and deepen his country’s increasingly cozy relationship with China.

FILE - Kiribati President Taneti Maamau addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2022, in New York. Maamau won his third term in office on Oct. 26, 2024.

Radio Kiribati said incumbent Taneti Maamau garnered 26,053 votes to claim a second four-year term, finishing more than 8,000 ahead of opposition leader Banuera Berina. "The president-elect of ...

Kiribati has drawn closer to China under longtime President Taneti Maamau, ... Kiribati severed diplomatic links with Taiwan in 2019 in favour of Beijing. ...

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 ...

Polls opened in the Pacific nation of Kiribati on Wednesday, after a campaign dominated by the rising cost of living, rising sea levels and questions ...

Maamau ditched relations with Taiwan in 2019, betting that ties with Beijing would help Kiribati meet ambitious 2036 development goals. He has since signed off on a policing deal that brought ...

SYDNEY -- Kiribati citizens on Friday voted in the country's presidential election in which pro-China incumbent President Taneti Maamau is seeking a third and final term in office as geopolitical ...

Results posted by the Pacific nation’s Ministry of Culture and Internal Affairs on Thursday showed Taneti Maamau won his Onotoa seat handily, securing almost 83 per cent of the vote, putting him ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday sent a congratulatory message to Taneti Maamau on his re-election as Kiribati's president. In his congratulatory message, Xi pointed out that China and ...