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Fiji

February 12, 2021
Trouble at the University of the South Pacific
By Joshua Mcdonald
Last week, Fiji deported the university's vice chancellor, leading some to suggest relocating its headquarters to Samoa.

February 08, 2021
A Tiff at PIF? Pacific Islands Forum Leadership Change Triggers Frustration
By Grant Wyeth
Within the PIF, leadership has typically rotated between Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian states. Until now, it seems.

January 04, 2021
Fiji Cleaning Up After Cyclone Yasa
By Joshua Mcdonald
The category five cyclone battered Fiji in mid-December.

December 29, 2020
Amid Pandemic, Pacific Islands Work to Offset Food Shortages
By Associated Press
With a food crisis looming, some in the Pacific are turning back to traditional small scale home farming.

December 07, 2020
Fiji Attorney General Under Investigation
By Joshua Mcdonald
Fiji Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum is being investigated in connection with two bombings in Fiji in the 1980s.

November 30, 2020
A Spotlight on Police Brutality in Fiji
By Joshua Mcdonald
The Fiji Law Society voices its concern about mounting reports of police brutality in the country.

November 16, 2020
Pacific Island States Look Hopefully to Biden Administration for Movement on Climate Change
By Grant Wyeth
Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has extended an invitation to Biden to travel to Fiji in August 2021 for the Pacific Islands Forum.

October 06, 2020
Fiji’s Bainimarama Makes Pacific Plea for Multilateralism
By Grant Wyeth
From COVID-19 to climate change, the most pressing global issues – and those of most concern to Pacific states – are best served by collective action.

June 05, 2020
Pacific Island Leaders Weigh Trans-Pacific Bubble With Australia and New Zealand
By Joshua Mcdonald
Some Pacific leaders support the proposal, while others have said it's way too soon.

March 30, 2020
Pandemic in the Pacific: COVID-19 to Hit Pacific Economies Hard
By Joshua Mcdonald
The Pacific’s lucrative tourism industry could collapse amid the lockdown on international travel.

October 18, 2019
Peacekeeping and the Evolving Australia-Fiji Relationship
By Grant Wyeth
An interview with Lisa Sharland.

October 01, 2019
Island Diets Are Changing for the Worse. Here’s How to Stop It
By Judith Francis
Across the Pacific, island diets are worsening, with serious human and environmental consequences.
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