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Fiji’s Bainimarama vows to respect election result as polls close

Frank Bainimarama pledges to respect result as he faces off with a rival looking to end his 16-year stint in power.

Al Jazeera · Dec 14, 2022

Fiji awaits election tally as polls close

Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and rival Sitiveni Rabuka are waiting to find out the results of the Fijian election with polls closed.

AAP · Dec 13, 2022

Fijian voices drowned out as seas rise

Villages and communities on Fiji's coastline are facing relocation due to rising sea levels but don't want to leave their ancestral homes.

AAP · Dec 13, 2022

Fiji in media blackout ahead of national election on Wednesday

Fiji, a Pacific island nation pivotal to the region's response to strategic competition between China and the United States, will hold a national election on Wednesday, the third since its leader came to power in a coup in 2006.

Reuters · Dec 12, 2022

The Fijian settlement consumed by the tide

Rising sea levels due to climate change and a marked increase in the cost of living are hitting people hard in some impoverished areas of Fiji.

AAP · Dec 12, 2022

Fiji enters strict election blackout

Political parties and the media have been forced to erase all campaign content from their sites with Fiji entering a strict blackout ahead of polling day.

AAP · Dec 11, 2022

Fijian opposition see path to victory

National Federation Party leader Biman Prasad says COVID-19 exposed the prime minister's failings and less fear of military intervention has mobilised voters.

AAP · Dec 10, 2022

Fiji election race reaches final stretch

Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is appealing to Fijians for a third term but opposition parties say he's squandered his almost 16 years in power.

AAP · Dec 10, 2022

Brickbat: Everyone's a Critic

A court in Fiji has found attorney Richard Naidu guilty of contempt of court for a post he made on Facebook. In the post, Naidu pointed out a misspelling in a court decision. Naidu had been tapped by the National Federation Party, which is currently the opposition party in the…

Reason · Dec 7, 2022

Fiji's attorney-general, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, caught in extraordinary dispute just a week out from national election

Fiji's elections supervisor has blasted one of the country's major political parties over claims that attorney-general Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum visited an election ballot printing centre and ordered CCTV cameras be turned off.

ABC News · Dec 6, 2022