Fiji

The Fiji Navy says its capacity to respond to climate change has been strengthened with the arrival of a new vessel.

Fiji have missed out on the Cup quarter-finals for the first time in the 21-year history of the Dubai Rugby Sevens men's tournament.

A United Nations expert is calling on the Fiji government to address violence, discrimination and inequality that he says threaten the realisation of people's right to health in the country.

Up to 10 cases of child neglect in Fiji are reported to the authorities each week, the government says.

The number of measles cases in Fiji has now risen to 18.

Preparations for Fiji's first semi-professional rugby league team are well underway, with a final squad of 30 players to be selected after the Christmas break.

About 10,000 residents in northern Fiji have been without any water supply for a week now.

Samoa and Fiji have both made winning starts to the Mens' World Sevens Series in Dubai.

Fiji are hoping to snap a run of slow starts when they kick off the defence of the Men's World Sevens Series title in Dubai this week, in what marks the first step in a blockbuster season.

Fiji has asked its sporting federations to postpone all competitions until end of January, in a bid to rein in the spread of the deadly measles outbreak in Samoa.

All sporting tournaments and events in Fiji have been called off due to the measles outbreak in the country.

Fiji Rugby is keen to capitalise after the women's national team qualified for their first ever World Cup in 2021.

A batch of 200,000 measles vaccines has arrived in Fiji, prompting the second phase of the country's measles immunisation campaign.

The University of the South Pacific's technical college in Fiji has cancelled its graduation ceremony due to the measles outbreak.

More than 5000 Fijians living in the United Kingdom will no longer have to travel to Suva to obtain or renew their passports.