Sources: ABC Australia
Prime Minister of Tonga Siaosi Sovaleni resigns ahead of a vote of no confidence. 2024-12-9
Tonga enters a nationwide lockdown after the country reported its first locally transmitted COVID-19 cases. 2022-02-2
Tonga pays an outstanding fee in order not to lose its voting rights at the United Nations General Assembly. Tonga was among seven countries suspended last week for not paying their assessed contributions. 2020-01-14
Tonga and Fiji declare a state of emergency as part of an ongoing measles outbreak. Conditions worsen in Samoa where the death toll continues to rise and schools remain closed. There are 1,797 confirmed cases as of Saturday, with 153 detected on Friday alone. 2019-11-23
Tongan Prime Minister ʻAkilisi Pōhiva, age 78, dies one day after being taken to a New Zealand hospital from his native country. 2019-09-12
The government of Tonga reveals a proposal to trade the disputed Minerva Reefs to Fiji in exchange for the Lau Islands, in an effort to settle a decades old territorial dispute between the two Pacific countries. 2014-07-3
Tonga is in mourning following the death of King George Tupou V. 2012-03-19
Tongans go to the polls in the first general election in the nation's history in which the majority of parliament will be popularly elected. 2010-11-25