WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Samoa was plunged into a constitutional crisis Monday when the woman who won an election last month was locked out of Parliament and the previous leader claimed he remained ...

Samoa’s first female Prime Minister-elect has had a strange inaugural week in office. When Fiame Naomi Mata’afa turned up to the Pacific island nation’s Parliament on Monday to be sworn in, she found ...

Samoa swore in its first female Prime Minister in a makeshift ceremony in a tent Monday after she was locked out of Parliament amid a power struggle with the country’s longstanding leader. Fiame Naomi ...

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Surprise order comes two days before parliament was set to swear in opposition leader Fiame Naomi Mata’afa as Samoa’s first female prime minister. Samoa opposition leader Fiame Naomi Mata'afa was to ...

Samoa's first female Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, says her government will formally take office next week, with the country's Court of Appeal affirming her government is legal. Fiame's ...

Samoa has been plunged into fresh political turmoil, with two rival political leaders claiming they are prime minister of the Pacific nation. The parliamentary sitting would install FAST's Fiame as ...

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - APRIL 18: Samoa MP Fiame Naomi Mata'afa speaks during the Pacific Parliamentary and Political Leaders Forum at Parliament on April 18, 2013 in Wellington, New Zealand. The ...

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