Fiji
Fiji expels Australian and New Zealand diplomats
By Frank Gaglioti, November 7, 2009
Tensions between Fiji and the two regional powers, Australia and New Zealand, intensified further this week after Suva expelled two top diplomats for interfering in the country’s internal affairs.
Fiji: Military junta proposes new constitution, elections by 2014
By Frank Gaglioti and Patrick O’Connor, July 24, 2009
Coming ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum leaders’ summit in Australia early next month, a defiant speech by Fiji’s strongman Bainimarama and the divided response are indications of Canberra’s w...
Fijian military junta faces economic and social turmoil
By Frank Gaglioti, May 27, 2009
With Fiji on the verge of bankruptcy, Commodore Frank Bainimarama’s regime has stepped up its attacks on the conditions of workers and small farmers.
Fijian military defiance triggers Australian foreign policy debate
By Will Marshall, May 4, 2009
The Fijian junta’s determination to defy the Australian government has exacerbated the dilemma confronting Canberra in the South Pacific. The rise of China as an alternative source of economic and p...
Fiji’s military junta consolidates power in defiance of Australian government
By Frank Gaglioti and Patrick O’Connor, April 14, 2009
Commodore Frank Bainimarama’s rejection of a Fijian Appeals Court ruling and defiance of Australian government threats reflect the shifting balance of power in the South Pacific. With Beijing’s ec...
Australia threatens Fiji with suspension from Pacific Islands Forum
By Frank Gaglioti, February 2, 2009
A “special leaders’ retreat” of the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum, convened in Papua New Guinea on January 27, concluded with a threat to suspend Fiji from the regional body unless the militar...
Thousands displaced in Fiji by severe flooding
By Margaret Rees, January 15, 2009
Tropical storms triggered severe flooding in Fiji last weekend, killing at least 11 people. More than 9,000 people have abandoned their homes and fled to evacuation centres.
Fiji: High Court rejects former prime minister’s legal challenge to military junta
By Frank Gaglioti, October 22, 2008
Fiji’s High Court has effectively whitewashed the 2006 military coup that ousted the former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
Fiji: Military junta pushes pro-investor “Peoples Charter” reforms
By Frank Gaglioti, October 10, 2008
The Fijian military junta is currently promoting its draft
Labour ministers quit Fiji’s military regime
By Frank Gaglioti, August 29, 2008
Labour Party leader and interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry has resigned from Fiji’s crisis-ridden military regime along with two other Labour Party ministers, depriving interim Prime Min...
Fijian military regime reimposes emergency rule
By Frank Gaglioti, September 19, 2007
Fijian military dictator Frank Bainimarama reimposed emergency rule on September 5 following deposed prime minister Laisenia Qarase’s return to the capital, Suva. An earlier emergency decree, de...
Fiji: Public sector workers vote to strike despite military regime’s threats
By Frank Gaglioti, April 16, 2007
Fijian civil servants voted to strike last month against the military junta’s proposed 5 percent pay cut and elimination of thousands of public sector jobs through the reduction of the retiremen...
