Allan Kemakeza
Prime Minister

(pronounced "A-len KEE-mah-KEE-zah")

"The times ahead are not going to be easy. These will be times of sacrifice. But we can be comforted in our faith in our Lord, that with him all things are possible but without him nothing is possible."

Lying to the east of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands are a scattered double chain of islands, forming the third largest archipelago in the South Pacific. The land area totals more than 27,500 sq km (10,640 sq mi) spread over 1.35 million sq km (521,235 sq mi) of ocean. Volcanic action produced many of the islands, including the largest—Guadalcanal, Malaita, New Georgia, Santa Isabel, Makira, and Choiseul. Such seismic disturbance, including two submarine volcanoes in the Western Province, continues to the present day. There are also coral atolls of varied size. Altogether, the country consists of...