Solomon Islands: Buildings set on fire as rioters defy lockdown
27 November 2021 |
3:29 pm
Protesters in the Solomon Islands called on the prime minister to resign as riots took place for a second day. Australia said it would send a peacekeeping force to the Pacific nation seized by inter-island tension.
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