Fiji

Residents in Fiji are fuming at the rising number of stray dogs at a rubbish dump near Lautoka and have called on the authorities to do something about it.

A visit by Australia's prime minister to Vanuatu and Fiji this week is the first by an Australian prime minister in more than a decade.

The Fiji government has called on the European Union to ease the process of obtaining a visa for the islanders to travel to Europe.

Fiji's prime minister Frank Bainimarama says his Australian counterpart's visit this week is an historic step up in relations between the two countries.

A proposed law in Fiji which would jail or fine people found making a malicious complaint about a public official is ridiculous and curious, a prominent Suva lawyer says.

The National Federation Party says a proposed law governing the conduct of Fiji's public officials will discourage transparency.

Nearly 800-thousand visitor arrivals were recorded in Fiji from January to November last year.

A high tech boat on a global mission is bringing Pacific islanders together in the fight against plastic waste.

Permanent Secretary for iTaukei Affairs in Fiji Naipote Katonitabua has resigned.

Local council elections will not be held in Fiji until major reforms are made, the government says.

Fiji's National Disaster Management Office says two days of food rations will be provided for the nearly 600 people living in evacuation centres around the country following Tropical Cyclone Mona.

Hundreds of Red Cross volunteers thoughout the region have been mobilised over the past fortnight to deal with the bad weather pummelling several Pacific islands.

Churches in the Pacific have been urged to take on a more assertive role and commit themselves fully to the environment and combating climate change.

Fiji has escaped major damage after Cyclone Mona swerved east around the two main islands.

Fiji's Nazhat Shameem has been elected the new Vice President of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The Fiji Met Service says the Lau group in the south of the country remains under threat from Cyclone Mona.

Fiji is on alert for more flooding as Cyclone Mona moves near the eastern tip of its second biggest island, Vanua Levu.

Over 600 people have taken shelter in 15 evacuation centres around Fiji as Cyclone Mona continues to approach Vanua Levu and surrounding smaller islands.

Cyclone Mona has been downgraded to a category one as it continues to circle in the Pacific near Fiji.

Cyclone Mona, a category two, continued to slowly pace southeast along the Pacific on Friday, setting the Fiji island of Vanua Levu in its sights.