Solomon Islands 2014

Yearbook 2014

Solomon Islands. According to Countryaah.com, Solomon Islands population in 2020 is estimated at 686,895. Former Prosecutor Frank Kabui was re-elected in May as Governor-General. In November, parliamentary elections were held when 32 of the 50 seats were won by independent candidates. The largest party was the Democratic Alliance Party with 7 seats. In December, Parliament elected Manasseh Sogavare as new prime minister for a four-party coalition. Sogavare’s two previous periods as head of government were highly disputed.

After three years of legal battle over land ownership, the Australian company Axiom Mining won the right to exploit the large nickel deposit on the island of Santa Isabel. China is expected to become the major market for nickel exports.

According to topb2bwebsites, in August, US Secretary of State John Kerry came on a short visit to the Solomon Islands. It was the first time a US Secretary of State visited the island nation, which meant a lot to the United States during World War II. The Battle of the Island of Guadalcanal was a turning point in the Pacific War between the Allies and Japan. Kerry pledged US support to deal with the effects of climate warming in the region.

In August, local authorities in the provincial capital of Choiseul on the island of Taro decided that the city should be relocated to a larger island due to rising sea levels due to climate warming. The Taro atoll reaches less than 2 meters above sea level, and its vulnerability to storms and tsunamis is expected to increase in the future. According to Abbreviation Finder, SB stands for Solomon Islands in English. Click to see other meanings of this 2-letter acronym.