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Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare vows to track down rioters who attempted to storm parliament, as the Pacific island nation's capital Honiara remains under lockdown following the unrest u.afp.com/wwQG

#BREAKING Fresh rioting hits Solomon Islands capital Honiara: witnesses

#UPDATE "There's mobs moving around, it's very tense"

Fresh rioting breaks out in the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara, witnesses say, a day after demonstrators tried to storm parliament demanding resignation of Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare

Protesters defy a lockdown imposed in the Solomon Islands' capital Honiara in the wake of Wednesday's unrest and again take to the streets targeting police and businesses in the capital's Chinatown area, a resident tells @AFP u.afp.com/wwQu

#BREAKING Australia to send peacekeeping force to Solomon Islands: PM

#UPDATE Australia is deploying a police and military peacekeeping force to the Solomon Islands, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says, hoping to quell two days of violent riots that threaten to topple the government in Honiara

Australia rushes police and military peacekeepers to the Solomon Islands to quell two days of rioting that left the capital ablaze and threatened to topple the Pacific nation's government u.afp.com/wwdG