After a general election saw the defeat of the pro-RAMSI government of Allan Kemakeza, Rini, previously Kemakeza's deputy prime minister, manoeuvred his way to the prime ministership. When angry crowds looted and burned hotels, ...
the bramsi/b operation in july 2003 involved the dispatch of more than 2000 soldiers, police and officials to take control over the solomons' state apparatus, including police, prisons, judiciary, public service, treasury and central bank. ...
Guadalcanal militants retaliated and sought to drive Malaitan settlers from Guadalcanal, resulting in the closure of a large oil-palm bestate/b and gold mine which were vital to exports but whose workforce was largely Malaitan. ... The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (bRAMSI/b), a multinational police-centered force organized by Australia, arrived in the country in 2003 at the government's invitation to assist in restoring law and order and rebuilding the ...
