AUCKLAND -- Fiji began the week celebrating the possibility of a new democratic government after 16 years under Prime Minister Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama. But the mood has since turned fearful as the ...
Fiji's military chief said on Wednesday that his troops would quickly suppress any uprising, as the country's deposed prime minister called for non-violent protests against the South Pacific nation's ...
SUVA, December 6 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - Fijian troops will quickly suppress any uprising, the military chief warned on Wednesday as the country's deposed prime ...
Fiji's military staged exercises around the capital Suva and closed off the city's army barracks as tensions rose in the South Pacific island nation amid fears of a military takeover. Fiji's outspoken ...
Brewing tensions between Fiji's powerful military and the civilian Government rose a notch today after the Army withdrew its security detail for Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. The Prime Minister's ...
Fiji's military commander has declined to get involved in the electoral process after the leader of an opposition party wrote to him asking for intervention.
Fiji’s coup leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama announced his cabinet last week and, in doing so, made clear the sharp divisions in the country’s ruling elite that underlay his seizure of power on ...
SUVA (Reuters) - Fiji's military stood poised to take over parts of the capital in defiance of the government and possible foreign intervention, hours after an Australian army helicopter crashed ...
Fiji’s army locked down its main barracks and conducted shooting practice today amid rising tensions between the military and the South Pacific country’s nationalist government. Wed, 15 Mar, 2006 - 07 ...
Fiji Unrest Puts Paid to Visit by Salvation Army World Leaders and Delays Conference Plans of 1000 Salvation Army Young People A visit by The Salvation Army's international leader General Shaw Clifton ...