Samoa faces early elections after parliament rejects the first female PM's budget.

Samoa will hold early elections after Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa's government budget was voted down by opposition MPs and former members of her FAST party. This marks the first budget failure in 40 years, and elections must occur within 90 days. Fiame, the first female head of government in Samoa, took office in 2021, ending the Human Rights Protection Party's 40-year rule.