Samoa

21st century

19 entries, 2016 CE to 2025 CE

• 20164 March – 2016 Samoan general electionSamoasource
• 201622 April – The Samoan Islands brace for the impact of Cyclone Amos as the Fiji Meteorological Service upgrades the cyclone to a category three storm, with sustained winds as high as 140 km/h at its centre.Samoasource
• 2017Samoa's Legislative Assembly appoints Tuimalealiifano Va'aletoa Sualauvi II as O le Ao o le Malo.Samoasource
• 201716 June – Samoa becomes a Christian state. Article 1 of the Samoan Constitution states that “Samoa is a Christian nation founded of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”.Samoasource
• 201712 November – Virgin Samoa ceases operations.Samoasource
• 20188 to 9 February – Samoa was struck by the Cyclone Gita, and a state of disaster was declared for the nation on 10 February.Samoasource
• 201918 September – Prosecutiors in the case of the latest attempt to kill Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi announce that Eletise Leafa Vitale, convicted of the assassination of one of Malielegoai's cabinet members in another failed attempt at killing him in 1999, will testify in the trial against the conspirators of this year's plot.Samoasource
• 201928 November – The United Nations blames anti-vaccination messages for the current outbreak of measles in the country, where the death toll has risen to 39 and is expected to rise as 200 are reported hospitalised, according to the World Health Organization. Total cases now soar to near 3,000.Samoasource
• 202011 September – Deputy Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa resigns over three proposed constitutional amendments, which would alter the power of the land and titles court. She also leaves the Human Rights Protection Party. Other MPs have already left the party over the issue and formed a new opposition party.Samoasource
• 202022 February – The country banned all cruise ships from visiting the country.Samoasource
• 202010 June – Prime Minister Malielegaoi announced the relaxation of lockdown restrictions on religious services, street vendors, weddings, and village matai councils. Street vendors will only be allowed to sell fruits, vegetables, cooked food and certain textiles while selling on footpaths will remain prohibited. Churches must practise two-meters social distancing but major events such as church conferences and national meetings remain prohibited. The new State of Emergency rules also allowed weddings in hotels but limited the guest list to 50 people. Market activities, beach and river excursions are banned on Sunday. There remains a five-person limit on funerals, traditional title bestowals, birthdays, reunions, and opening ceremonies for building.Samoasource
• 20219 April – The 2021 Samoan general election was held.Samoasource
• 202222 January – Samoa Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa announces a three-day lockdown in response to ten positive COVID-19 passengers from a repatriation flight.Samoasource
• 202323 March – 2019 Samoa assassination plot: Two men are found guilty of conspiring to kill the former Prime Minister Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi after a trial before the country's Supreme Court.Samoasource
• 20238 June – Heavy rainfall in Savai'i, causes widespread flooding and infrastructure damage.Samoasource
• 202324 February – 2023 Vaimauga 3 by-electionSamoasource
• 202410 May - TV3 moves its operations online after becoming unable to continue to afford broadcasting traditionally.Samoasource
• 20245-6 October - The Royal New Zealand Navy specialist dive and hydrographic vessel HMNZS Manawanui sinks after running aground and catching fire near Siumu in Upolu island. All 75 people on board are evacuated.Samoasource
• 202529 January – Authorities seize 10 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from a shipping container that arrived from the United States and arrest three people in what is reported as the "largest known drug smuggling operation" in the country.Samoasource