カテゴリー: Fiji
Pacific island nations are already being battered by king tides, catastrophic cyclones and sustained droughtsGlobal heating above 1.5C will be “catastrophic” for Pacific island nations and could lead to the loss of entire countries due to sea level ris…
An unpopular new law that critics say will remove power from landowners has triggered political and social upheavalFiji has experienced escalating political tensions over the past fortnight, with opposition politicians arrested, extra police deployed a…
The men’s gold and women’s bronze medals meant everything to Fiji, which has the highest per-capita Covid infection rate in the worldWhen the Fijian men’s sevens team beat New Zealand to win gold at the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday, the entire nation ce…
Pio Tikoduadua, president of the opposition National Federation Party, has won praise and followers with his faltering attempts to understand social mediaA leading opposition MP from Fiji is delighting new social media followers with his wide-eyed disc…
Detentions, including two former PMs, prompt fears government is using police as a ‘political weapon’Nine prominent opposition politicians – including two former prime ministers – have been arrested in Fiji for voicing concerns about a contentious land…
Both babies survived after doctors performed emergency caesarean sectionsSee all our coronavirus coverageFiji has reported a record number of Covid deaths over the past week, including two pregnant women, as the country struggles to contain a severe ou…
Prime minister says country ‘cannot afford to waste time getting back the lives we know and love’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageFiji’s government has announced it will make Covid-19 vaccinations a mandatory condition of wor…
Largely spared an outbreak earlier in the pandemic, the Pacific nation is now grappling with a rising caseload, and a shrinking economyFor most of the pandemic, when Fijians tuned in each night to updates from the country’s health experts, they were gr…
Two new payment transfer companies will be opening in the Pacific, where fees to send money are among the highest in the worldKereni Vuai has carried a lot of people through the pandemic.Vuai, 27, works full-time at a Sydney nursing home, which pays he…
The apex predators show preferences for certain individuals and avoid others, according to new research on sharks in FijiThey reach 3.5 metres long, weigh more than 200kg and are an apex predator. But even apex predators need friends. And, according to…
China’s Pacific fishing fleet has grown by 500% since 2012 and is taking huge quantities of tunaRead more of our Pacific Plunder series hereSince long before the steel-hulled fishing boats from foreign countries arrived in the South Pacific its people …
Hospital closure comes as the Pacific country tries to contain a second wave of the virus with lockdownsSee all our coronavirus coverageFiji has closed its second largest hospital amid fears that a patient who died of Covid-19 may have infected multipl…
Covid-19 outbreak in Pacific nation has forced lockdowns across the country, after the island nation avoided transmission for a year Fijian health officials are bracing for a “tsunami” of Covid-19 cases, after the Indian variant was detected in the Pac…
Japan’s plans to discharge radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean is a callous act that would do catastrophic harmEarlier this month, the Japanese government announced plans to discharge 1m tonnes of radioactive wastewater accruing since the Fuk…
The case has been described as a ‘watershed’ moment that will test Fiji’s environmental lawsA years-long David and Goliath fight which has seen two Australian surfers take on a Chinese-linked company over their alleged damage of an idyllic Fijian islan…