SUVA, Tuesday: The future of Fiji remained in the balance tonight after Colonel Sitiveni Rabuka claimed he had sacked the Governor-General and scrapped Fiji’s Constitution. Colonel Rambuka ...

Rabuka first gained widespread attention in 1987 when, as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Fijian military, he led two coups, according to The Independent. “I was delighted to have participated in ...

SUVA, Fiji - Mr Sitiveni “Rambo” Rabuka is an ex-soldier and former ... for instigating two coups in 1987 while a lieutenant colonel in the Fijian army, earning himself the nickname “Rambo”.

Although four of the panel found him guilty on one count, Justice Gerard Winter told Rabuka the state could not prove his intent to incite former senior army officer Lieutenant Colonel Viliame ...

Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka said that while the US was a close friend of the Pacific, for a time there was a feeling that Washington had moved away and delegated relations with the region ...

The 75-year-old former army colonel and coup leader had previously been Fiji’s prime minister from 1992 until 1999. Rabuka sided with Australia in what he described as the “rivalry” and ...

Mr Rabuka finished on the podium in the shot ... He first gained widespread attention in 1987 when, as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Fijian military, he led two coups d’état.

Radio Fiji reports that on the first count which relates to events on July the 4th, 2000, Rabuka is alleged to have incited Lt Col Viliame Seruvakula to join him in a mutinous act against the ...

Then a lieutenant-colonel, Rabuka and his armed henchmen marched into Parliament and took the multicultural government of Dr Timoci Bavadra into captivity. The event sent ripples around the South ...

He also made a name for himself on the parade ground and, having enlisted in the army following military school, Rabuka rose through the ranks. The lieutenant colonel led two coups in 1987 to earn ...