Fiji’s police force has called for calm and urged ‘all Fijians to respect the political process’ amid power transition. Fiji is expecting a new leader to take office for the first time in 16 years after national elections resulted in three parties joining to form a coalition government to dislodge longtime Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. “Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama …
Frank Bainimarama pledges to respect result as he faces off with a rival looking to end the prime minister’s 16-year stint in power. Polls have closed in the Fiji with Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama vowing to respect the outcome of the election, which is being seen as a test of the Pacific nation’s democracy. Bainimarama’s FijiFirst party went on to …
Wednesday’s general election pits two former coup leaders in a test of Fiji’s fledgling democracy. The general election pits Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, who seized power in a bloodless coup in 2006, against longtime rival Sitiveni Rabuka, a former military commander who himself led two power grabs in the late 1980s. Analysts say Bainimarama and his party are now facing …
Emerging gingerly from their homes in a nation under curfew, Fijians cheered, sang hymns and danced in the streets Wednesday to celebrate the victory of their rugby sevens team at the Tokyo Olympics. Fiji’s second consecutive gold medal in rugby sevens, following its success in the sport's inaugural Olympic tournament at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, provoked a spontaneous outpouring …
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Emerging gingerly from their homes in a nation under curfew, Fijians cheered, sang hymns and danced in the streets Wednesday to celebrate the victory of their rugby sevens team at the Tokyo Olympics. Fiji’s second consecutive gold medal in rugby sevens, following its success in the sport’s inaugural Olympic tournament at Rio de Janeiro in 2016, …
Modern Fiji is 50 years old, having regained its independence from the British on October 10, 1970. The reason for reticence on the part of the indigenous Fijians went to the heart of Fiji’s central and overriding demographic and political facts: the population was divided between the indigenous people, who could claim occupation of their land going back 3,000 years, …
