Former Fiji prime minister Frank Bainimarama has been released from prison, only six months into his 12 months sentence, the Fiji Corrections Service (FCS) said via a statement on on Friday.

Bainimarama, 70, is one of the most high-profile politicians in the Pacific Islands, having led Fiji for more than15 years until he was voted out in 2022. On the international stage he was also a ...

Bainimarama served as PM more than 15 years until he was voted out in 2022 Fiji's long-serving former prime minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison for obstructing a ...

Fiji's former long-serving prime minister Frank Bainimarama was on Thursday sentenced to a year in prison for perverting the course of justice, the country's director of public prosecutions said.

The Pacific island nation’s acting chief justice, Salesi Temo, overturned Bainimarama’s acquittal by magistrate Seini Puamau last month and imposed the sentence on Wednesday. Supporters of the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama was sentenced Thursday to a year in prison for interfering in a criminal investigation while he headed the government ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Former ...

FILE - The then Prime Minister of Fiji Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. Former Prime Minister ...