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Solomon Islands pro-China PM Manasseh Sogavare fails to secure majority

A woman casts her vote in the April 17 election [Charley Piringi/AP Photo]

The Solomon Islands election has delivered no clear winner leaving pro-China Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in a race with rival opposition politicians to form a coalition to lead the Pacific island nation.

Solomon Islanders voted a week ago in a closely fought campaign that was the first since Sogavare switched diplomatic ties from Taipei to Beijing in 2019 and later agreed upon a controversial security pact with China.

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