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 ...

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 ...

Adeang said Nauru’s partnership with Australia, its former colonial master, is “vital” to his country. The pact has some similarities to a deal a struck in May with Tuvalu, another tiny ...

In a statement posted online, Nauru’s government said the move was “in the best interests” of the country. “This means that the Republic of Nauru will no longer recognize the Republic of ...

Over the weekend, the last refugee held on the island country of Nauru under the Australian government’s abusive offshore processing policy was finally evacuated to Australia.Despite the good ...

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 ...

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 ...