The Kiribati culture is communal, with families accustomed to bedding down together on woven mats on the floor. It is taboo to refuse the request of a relative, ...

The Kiribati government uses Tebunginako as a kind of poster child for the ravages of climate change. It is a grim poster. But climate change wasn’t the only reason for the village’s demise, ...

By bne IntelliNews Kiribati faces mounting pressure to implement drastic fiscal cuts to fund desperately needed climate ...

Kiribati has asked for help, and China has offered it,” he told Al Jazeera. “Kiribati is not interested in the international politics of the US and China. They’re interested in food.

Kiribati was traditionally a society governed by consensus, with strong democratic principles and respect for its constitution, but the contest for foreign influence had sowed divisions, ...

The world's first climate change refugees 06:51. Kiribati (pronounced "kir-ah-bahss" by locals), is made up of a string of 33 small islands located halfway between Hawaii and Australia.

Kiribati's president since 2016, Taneti Maamau, won his parliament seat easily and will seek a third presidential term. The opposition leader, Tessie Lambourne, also handily won her post.

Kiribati and Samoa both implemented COVID-19 lockdowns on Saturday after international arrivals brought the virus with them, a rarity for the remote Pacific island nations. This is the first ...

With a population of nearly 120,000, Kiribati lies between Australia and Hawaii, about a four-hour flight from Fiji. The nearest continent, North America, is thousands of miles away.

Kiribati is just one of the countries that have tried to remove foreign judges. In 2014, the Pacific nation of Nauru deported its only magistrate and canceled the visa of its chief justice.

Kiribati is one of the most aid-dependent nations in the world and is rated at high risk of external debt distress by the International Monetary Fund.