In the Samoa Observer's Apia newsroom, the day begins with a court list, a village tip and a cabinet told not to answer its questions. Since November 2025 the country's only daily has covered its prime minister from outside his press conferences, a watchdog locked out of the yard it guards. The pages stay stubbornly local, from giant clam sanctuaries to a former prime minister's case against the current one.

Source profile

Origin:: Samoa
Region:: Oceania
Founded:: 1978 (by Savea Sano Malifa)
Ownership:: Samoa Observer Limited; publisher Muliaga Jean Ash Malifa; founded by Savea Sano Malifa
Funding:: Commercial: premium digital subscriptions, print subscriptions and advertising
Focus Areas:: Samoan politics and government, courts and legal disputes, village and community affairs, economy and public services, press freedom, Pacific region, sport, editorials and opinion
Language:: English (with Samoan-language content; weekday, weekend and Sunday editions)

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