Nauru has become heavily dependent on aid. Read more country profiles, external - Profiles by BBC Monitoring, external Capital: Yaren (de facto) Area: 21 sq km Population: 10,800 Russ Kun was ...

Nauru faces an existential threat from rising sea levels, storm surges and coastal erosion as the planet warms. But the world’s third smallest country lacks the resources to protect itself from ...

Whatever the rules are to geopolitical competition, the game is played more like poker than any ball sport. Nauru is an independent country. Yes, it receives most of its aid from Australia – in ...

Nauru’s government has banned all journalists from reporting from the country in a move likely to heighten concern about refugees being held on the island state. Last year, the Nauruan ...

The facility on Nauru was established under the country's hardline immigration policy, which sees asylum seekers who try to reach the country by boat processed at offshore centres. The coalition ...

2003 - Nauru agrees to US demands to wind up its offshore banking industry amid money-laundering allegations. 2004 - Country defaults on loan payments, its assets are placed in receivership in ...