Fiji has elected Sitiveni Rabuka as the nation’s prime minister, ending the 16-year rule of Frank Bainimarama. Rabuka gained 28 ballots to his predecessor’s 27 to become the new leader in a ...

Mr Rabuka was set to become the country’s new prime minister after nearly 16 years by dislodging incumbent Frank Bainimarama, who ruled the country since 2006. But a formal coronation of the ...

Sitiveni Rabuka is sworn in as the prime minister of Fiji in Suva, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2022. Rabuka has been confirmed as Fiji's next prime minister more than two decades after the former military ...

The general election pits Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama, who seized power in a bloodless coup in 2006, against longtime rival Sitiveni Rabuka, a former military commander who himself led two ...

The return of Sitiveni Rabuka paves the way for a potential pivot in a country where the United States and China are fighting for influence. By Natasha Frost Allegations of voter fraud. Threats of ...

The development adds another twist to the volatile political situation on the Pacific island nation, where Bainimarama in December lost a tense election to Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka.

Bainimarama’s Fiji First Party won 26 seats in the 55-seat parliament. In order to secure a majority, Sitiveni Rabuka’s People’s Alliance Party, which won 21 seats, formed an alliance with ...

Both men denied the charges. Bainimarama’s legal woes have mounted since Rabuka, a former military commander, who himself led two power grabs in the late 1980s, became prime minister.