WELLINGTON, (APP/AFP) – Nauru confirmed Tuesday
that the Pacific island nation’s leader President Baron Waqa was among 13 lawmakers re-elected in weekend elections.
The Nauru government said there were six newcomers in the 19-seat
parliament, which is expected to sit later this week and reappoint Waqa for a second three-year term.
Nauru, about 2,800 kilometres (1,750 miles) northeast of Australia,
is the smallest island country in the world, with an area of just 21 square kilometres (eight square miles).
Once a major phosphate producer, it is now home to an Australian-run
asylum-seeker detention camp, which is a major employer and source of income on the island.
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Nauru leader Waqa re-elected
