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Fiji’s emergency Covid-19 hotline fell silent during the rugby sevens final: we really needed this win | Sheldon Chanel
The men’s gold and women’s bronze medals meant everything to Fiji, which has the highest per-capita Covid infe…
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Facebook’s Australia ban threatens to leave Pacific without key news source
Media experts fear that communities reliant on the site for information will suffer significant impactFacebook…
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Tropical Cyclone Ana: Fiji suffers second deadly storm in a month
Three-year-old boy among those missing in floodwaters in the country’s northern and western islandsOne person …
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Fiji warned on failings at home after winning UN human rights council role
Fiji won a fierce contest to head the global rights group, but coalition of NGOs says repression and abuses do…
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‘Shoved aside’: Fiji set to lose top job on UN rights body in global power struggle
Country’s expected ascension to human rights council presidency is being challenged by a China-backed bid by B…
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Pacific states face instability, hunger and slow road to Covid recovery: Dame Meg Taylor
While the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic has so far spared the Pacific, its economies are in free-fall, the re…
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Fiji politics in chaos after main opposition party suspended
Punishment of Sodelpa party for factional infighting leaves parliament with just three opposition members on t…
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Horrific viral video reveals ‘crisis’ of school bullying in Fiji
Video of the alleged assault caused a national uproar and points to deeper problem with violence in Pacific na…