Posted
| UpdatedOne year after Tropical Cyclone Winston struck Fiji, the number of people still living in temporary accommodation, including tents, is frustrating the country's Red Cross organisation.
Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, cyclones, pacific, fiji
Posted
| UpdatedOne year on from Cyclone Winston and relief work is still ongoing.
Topics: relief-and-aid-organisations, cyclones, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedThe Digicel Cup champions in Papua New Guinea, Lae Snax Tigers, have arrived in Fiji to take on the Nadi Aviators in this weekend's Melanesian Rugby League Cup final.
Topics: rugby-league, pacific, papua-new-guinea, fiji
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| UpdatedA prominent Fijian-Australian academic is questioning a recent deal which will see Australia supplying armoured troop carrying vehicles to Fiji
Topics: defence-forces, pacific, fiji
Posted
| UpdatedWith the one-year anniversary of Cyclone Winston just days away, many in Fiji are looking at how far they've come since the disaster.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, pacific, fiji
Posted
| UpdatedThe Fiji government has rejected a recent Amnesty International report alleging the use of torture by the security forces.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedAmnesty International has rejected Fiji government claims that they failed to contact the Director of Public Prosecutions before writing their recent report on the use of torture by the country's security forces.
Topics: police, government-and-politics, pacific, fiji
Posted
| UpdatedA former Fiji journalist has just published a study of self-censorship in the Fiji media.
Topics: print-media, media, pacific, fiji
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| UpdatedAfter coming under fire from former coach Ben Ryan for not doing more to grow the brand of rugby sevens after winning Olympic gold last year, the recent deal signed by the Fiji Rugby Union with the Australian company Velocity Brand Management would appear to be a big step in the right direction.
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Heavy rains continue to fall across the South Pacific, as islands from Papua New Guinea to Samoa experience simultaneous flooding in a "first time" event.
Topics: weather, floods, pacific, samoa, fiji, cook-islands, solomon-islands, asia
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| UpdatedMuch of the Pacific is currently experiencing heavy rainfall and flooding.
Topics: rainfall, floods, pacific, solomon-islands, vanuatu, fiji, samoa
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A 20-year-old Iranian refugee who is being treated for dehydration and mental illness in Papua New Guinea is told he cannot receive treatment until his bail application is heard.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, mental-health, health, papua-new-guinea, fiji, iran-islamic-republic-of
Posted
| UpdatedThe rain just keeps falling in parts of Fiji.
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| UpdatedFlood warnings are in place across Melanesia as a tropical disturbance continues to cause heavy rain across the region.
Topics: floods, cyclones, pacific, fiji, solomon-islands
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| UpdatedThe former Manus Island refugee deported from Fiji last week has appeared at a district court in Port Moresby, after being charged with allegedly using false information to obtain a passport.
Topics: world-politics, refugees, international-law, law-crime-and-justice, pacific, papua-new-guinea, fiji
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| UpdatedA senior trade unionist says the Fiji government is being misleading when it claims proposed legal changes will make it easier to hold gatherings in a public place.
Topics: world-politics, pacific, fiji
Posted
| UpdatedA heavy rain warning remains in force for all of Fiji and Solomon Islands, stemming from a tropical disturbance passing through the region.
Topics: rainfall, pacific, fiji, solomon-islands
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The struggle Pacific Island nations are facing with developed countries over global emissions may be the most crucial issue affecting the future of the region, and more female leaders in the Pacific are refusing to stand on the sideline.
Topics: climate-change, pacific, fiji
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Several days of heavy rain have caused flooding in some parts of Fiji.
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| UpdatedIranian refugee Loghman Sawari may be back in Papua New Guinea, but Fiji Immigration authorities are continuing to receive condemnation both at home and from abroad.
Topics: refugees, pacific, papua-new-guinea, fiji
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| UpdatedA former Manus Island refugee who had intended to seek asylum in Fiji is charged with falsifying passport documents after being deported and returned to Papua New Guinea, police say.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, refugees, international-law, papua-new-guinea, fiji, australia, pacific
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| UpdatedThe lawyer for an Iranian refugee deported from Fiji this morning says he has not been able to contact his client since he was picked up by immigration officials.
Topics: world-politics, refugees, pacific, fiji, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedIranian refugee Loghman Sawari has arrived in Papua New Guinea, after being deported from Fiji earlier this morning.
Topics: world-politics, refugees, pacific, fiji, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedA refugee lawyer based in Melbourne says it appears Fiji has ignored its obligations under international law by deporting Iranian refugee Loghman Sawari.
Topics: world-politics, refugees, pacific, fiji, papua-new-guinea
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| UpdatedAn Iranian refugee who fled from Manus Island to Fiji seeking asylum is deported back to Papua New Guinea.
Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, world-politics, government-and-politics, fiji, papua-new-guinea, pacific, australia