The Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Karmalesh Sharma, reaches out to shake hands with Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the last day of CHOGM in Perth. AAP/Tony Ashby. The customary communique to ...

The parliamentary accounts committee investigating the various allegations on inflated and unreal expenditures incurred ahead of the Commonwealth Summit in late 2007 have raised another issue. The ...

BRISBANE — Plans for a massive march on the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October are gaining momentum, with plans by community groups and environmental and social justice organisations ...

A little over a week ago, I wrote a piece for The Diplomat discussing Manmohan Singh’s bold proclamation of the five principles that, in his view, drove India’s foreign policy. He stated them during a ...

We don't have to look very far to discover that the Commonwealth Heads of State Meetings are all about spreading human rights and democracy and struggling against poverty, disease and environmental ...

Just this week, David Cameron described as “truly shocking” footage in the Channel 4 film No Fire Zone which covers killings and abuses at the end of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009. Yet on Friday, ...

Tom Percy QC said the CHOGM (Special Powers) Act, designed to promote the security and safety of people attending CHOGM in Perth in October, was "contrary to anyone's notion of fairness or proper ...

Gail Pearson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The Palace released a picture of Australia’s republican Prime Minister and the Queen chatting at the San Anton Palace, the official residence of the President of Malta. Australian officials have ...

But he says individual member states will make their own calls on whether to attend. In Perth today for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), Mr Rudd was asked if he supported a call ...

Nigeria’s Youth and Sports Minister, Hon. Sunday Dare attended the 5 th edition of the Commonwealth Youth Ministerial Task Force meeting yesterday in Rwanda. The meeting took place on the sidelines of ...