Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase refused to resign on Wednesday in the face of threats from the country's military chief, warning a coup would have dire consequences for the South Pacific ...

SUVA, Fiji — Fiji's coup leader said today that the military could rule for "up to 50 years" unless the Pacific island's powerful tribal chiefs approve an interim government.

Fiji hopes a Truth and Reconciliation Commission on its history of violent coups can heal the divisions between its two main communities. The post Fiji Is Finally Confronting Its History of ...

Tensions rose in Fiji on Monday as nervous Fijians waited to see whether the country's military commander would act on a threat to remove the embattled government in the South Pacific nation's ...

Fiji coup leader George Speight on Tuesday began a life prison term for treason after escaping the hangman's noose, but few in the ethnically divided South Pacific nation believe he will spend the ...

FIJI strongman Frank Bainimarama has relinquished his military command in a move hailed by Australia and New Zealand as pivotal for the coup-plagued Pacific nation’s return to democracy.

SUVA, Fiji (AP) -- Fiji's military overthrew the elected government Tuesday after weeks of threats, locking down the capital and putting the prime minister under house arrest in the fourth coup in ...

The year was 1987 when Rabuka, then a Lt Col, had ousted the democratically elected government in his country. Two years on, ...

Failed Fijian coup leader George Speight and six others were released from prison on Thursday after being granted a pardon by President Ratu Wiliame Katonivere, who acted on the advice of Fiji’s Mercy ...

Tourists like a place to match its postcards. When Fiji’s May 2000 coup replaced images of palm-fringed beaches with a jumpy montage of riots and burning buildings, many would-be visitors went ...

SUVA, Fiji -- Fiji's coup leader ran want ads in local newspapers Saturday to fill vacant Cabinet jobs, trying to piece together a new government for the south Pacific country.