Fiji

Fiji's government has announced 24 scholarships for Pacific students to pursue the advanced study of the oceans and climate change.

A youth leader in Fiji says young people are likely to bear the brunt of the Covid-19 pandemic with more than 150,000 workers already impacted across the country.

People in areas of Fiji badly-hit by Cyclone Harold this month are now being urged to evacuate because of widespread flooding and landslides brought on by torrential rain.

Three suspended police officers in Fiji, accused of assaulting a man last year, have pleaded not guilty in the Suva High Court this week.

Fiji's main opposition party says it will appeal against a High Court decision which declared the election of its party president illegal.

Fijian authorities say roads in parts of the country have been closed due to flooding brought on by heavy rain this week.

Fiji Airways will resume domestic services from next week, as inter-island travel restrictions are lifted.

Fiji's Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission says it's investigating claims of police brutality in a village.

Fiji's government has warned of a rise in diseases with the potential to prove deadlier than Cyclone Harold which hit the country this month.

Fiji's SODELPA leader Sitiveni Rabuka is urging supporters to remain calm following a ruling by the High Court last week.

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.