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Citizens of Kiribati vote for the President between three candidates, incumbent Taneti Maamau, Bautaake Beia from the Tobwaan Kiribati Party, and independent Kaotitaake Kokoria.
2024-10-25

Kiribati islanders vote in the second round of elections for the 44 members of the House of Assembly.
2024-08-19

Kiribati announces its withdrawal from the Pacific Islands Forum, effective immediately, after President Taneti Maamau publishes a letter where he expresses four reasons for doing so, mainly due to the Secretary-General of the Forum never having been from the Micronesian region of the Pacific islands.
2022-07-10

Fiji announces that it will become the 14th member of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity in order to counter Chinese influence in the Pacific. This comes amid a visit by Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi to Kiribati.
2022-05-27

Kiribati announces a curfew and mandatory face masks after 36 passengers on a charter flight from Fiji test positive for COVID-19 upon arrival. The plane was the first international commercial flight to land in the country since March 2020. Kiribati reopened its borders on January 10th.
2022-01-19

Kiribati says that it has now enough vaccines to immunize all its eligible citizens against COVID-19 after receiving a shipment of 90,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine donated by the People's Republic of China.
2021-09-1

Incumbent Taneti Maamau is re-elected as President of Kiribati with 26,053 votes to 17,866 votes by Banuera Berina, in a blow for Taiwan and its efforts to regain recognition from the Pacific country.
2020-06-23

Citizens in Kiribati head to the polls to elect their President. The main issue of the election is whether to maintain relations with China or Taiwan. Incumbent Taneti Maamau, who switched recognition from Taiwan to China last year, is facing candidate Banuera Berina who favors re-establishing relations with Taiwan.
2020-06-22

The Kiribati High Court clears the way for the opposition to file a motion of no confidence against President Taneti Mamau amid reported discontent with the government's decision to switch its diplomatic recognition of Taiwan to recognition of the People's Republic of China.
2019-11-11

The general assembly of Interpol elects Vanuatu and Kiribati as new members, but not Kosovo.
2018-11-20