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Fiji: Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a performer during a traditional welcome ceremony in Fiji on Wednesday. PTI Photo by Kamal Singh (PTI11_19_2014_000045B)

Pacific bridge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s short but action-packed visit to Fiji gives India an opportunity to extend its development partnership throughout the P

Fiji's interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama speaks at an event in Auckland on August 9, 2014. Bainimarama is in New Zealand ahead of election later this year in Fiji. AFP PHOTO / Michael Bradley

Closer to democracy

There is hope as well as cynicism in Fiji as the multiracial nation goes to the polls to elect a new, more representative, 50-member National Assembly

A man jogs past a house covered with anit-coup banners near Suva, 07 December 2006, as Fiji's military leader Voreqe Bainimarama sacks senior police officers and civil servants a day after warning he would not tolerate criticism of the bloodless coup he led this week. Newly-appointed premier admitted 07 December the military had illegally ousted the elected government but said the nation did not need Western-style democracy. In his first public comments a day after being sworn in, caretaker prime minister Jona Senilagakali defended the overthrow of what he termed a corrupt government and warned Australia and New Zealand not to interfere. AFP PHOTO/William WEST

Coup of sorts

The Bainimarama regime rejects the draft constitution and orders deregistration of political parties, much against its stated stance of restoring demo

Changing profile

Hillary Clintons recent visit to the Cook Islands highlights the rising profile of the South Pacific region. The regional grouping Pacific Islands For

Positive steps

The military regime makes steady progress towards restoring constitutional order in the country.

King George Tupou V. He described the election day as historic.-

Winds of change

The general election of November 25 marks the transition of Tonga from an absolute monarchy to a democratic government.

Kamla Persad-Bissessar makes a gesture of victory after winning the election, at the UNC party headquarters in Couva Town in Trinidad on May 24.-FREDERIC DUBRAY/AFP

Vote for change

THE Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago ushered in a new era on May 24 by electing its first woman Prime Minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar,

JOSAIA VOREQE BAINIMARAMA, Fiji's interim Prime Minister, at the World Summit on Food Security in Rome on November 17.-FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP

Pacific spat

FIJIs relations with its two large neighbours, Australia and New Zealand, hit a new low with a diplomatic spat that led to both sides expelling each o

Crisis island

FIJI was plunged into another political crisis in April, which resulted in the military regime tightening its control over the country through the abr

Commodore Frank Bainimarama days after he seized power in a coup on December 5, 2006.-RICK RYCROFT/AP

Looking within

An animated debate is under way in Fiji about the impact of coups on the country.

Interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. A file photograph.-RICK RYCROFT/AP

Costs of a coup

The country has crossed the period of uncertainty after the 2006 coup but is yet to regain economic stability.

AISENIA QARASE, Prime Minister and SDL leader.-BRUCE SOUTHWICK/AFP

Complex equation

A new experiment in sharing power has brought together the main political parties in Fiji, the SDL and the FLP, in a multi-party Cabinet.