WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigned in parliament on Monday ahead of a ...

Tongan Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigned yesterday, stepping down in the wake of a power struggle with the ...

Tonga's Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigned on Monday, stepping down in the wake of a power struggle with the ...

Hu'akavameliku Sovaleni Sovaleni resigned on 9 December ahead of a vote of no confidence amid amid reports that the Palace ...

That date, December 4, marked the 1845 coronation of King Siaosi Tupou I, the founder of modern Tonga. Notably, King Tupou VI ...

Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigned in parliament ahead of a planned no-confidence vote in his ...

Sovaleni has butted heads with Tonga's influential King Tupou VI, fuelling speculation of a deepening rift between the royals and his government. In cryptic remarks delivered before announcing his ...

Tupou VI had withdrawn his confidence and trust in him as minister. Of the nine remaining members, four were People's ...

In recent months, Sovaleni's tenure was marked by difficult relations with Tonga's head of state, King Tupou VI. Although the sovereign’s predecessor ceded power voluntarily in the 2010 ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Tonga’s Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni abruptly resigned in parliament on Monday ahead of a planned no-confidence vote in his leadership, capping a period of fraught ...