Fiji

The people of Fiji have been told the stakes of Covid-19 are higher than any game of rugby.

Fiji's Ministry of Health is investigating breaches of Covid-19 restrictions involving hospital staff.

Nine police officers in Fiji have been suspended in relation to an assult in Naqia.

Fiji's High Court has ruled the election of the president of the country's main opposition party and his deputy was illegal.

More than 1000 people are still sheltering in evacuation centres in Fiji following Cyclone Harold more than two weeks ago.

Fiji authorities are investigating employers who fail to help their workers seeking assistance from the government's Covid-19 wage relief package.

Fiji's Public Prosecutor will now decide if charges should be laid against opposition MP Pio Tikoduadua following his release from police custody last night.

The Fiji men's football coach doesn't know when his team will be back together but says health and safety is paramount during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Coalition for Human Rights in Fiji says the country's enforcement and security forces should not use the Covid-19 pandemic as an excuse for human rights violations.

Plans are underway to return the body of Laisenia Qarase, the former prime minister who led Fiji through a tumultuous six years bookended by two coups, to his home village for burial.

Fiji Opposition MP Pio Tikoduadua is still being held at a police station in Suva.

Fiji's government has introduced new health protection measures to keep Covid-19 away from patients in hospital.

Fiji Rugby's Chairman has been removed from the World Rugby Council and withdrawn from the race for positions on the international body's Executive Committee following allegations of homophobia.

Laisenia Qarase, the sixth prime minister of Fiji who was installed by one coup and removed by another, died on Tuesday.

Pacific Rugby Players Welfare has condemned the nomination of Fiji Rugby Union Chair Francis Kean for a position on World Rugby's powerful Executive Committee.

Fiji's National Federation Party (NFP) is demanding the release of its president who was taken into police custody overnight.

The president of a Fiji opposition party has been arrested, apparently in relation to posts he made on Facebook which raised concerns about police brutality.

Two weeks since Cyclone Harold swept through Fiji, the government says the country is still counting its losses.

World Rugby is investigating allegations of homophobia against the Fiji Rugby Union Chairman, who has been nominated for a position on the governing body's influential Executive Committee.

Fiji's prime minister has reshuffled his cabinet to include an MP who only returned to parliament last month.