In Nauru one wage generally supports around 10 people. So when 200 jobs are lost that affects some 2,000 Nauruans or about a fifth of the entire population.

Nauru is a small Pacific island 4,000km (2,485 miles) off the coast of Australia. It is so small, it has no capital city and just one road. But its roughly 12,000 inhabitants are at the heart of a ...

This page is no longer being updated. It was last updated on 27 October 2023 Named Pleasant Island by its first European visitors, Nauru in the central Pacific is the world's smallest republic. In ...