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 ...

Dec. 24 (UPI) --Sitiveni Rabuka was elected Fiji's next Prime Minister on Saturday after receiving 28 votes in a secret ballot in parliament. The vote ends coup leader Frank Bainimarama's reign as ...

Sitiveni Rabuka has become ... the nomination over incumbent Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama. The two-time coup leader and former prime minister, Rabuka — still referred to by his nickname ...

Final results show Fiji’s general elections deadlocked, with neither incumbent Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama nor his political rival Sitiveni Rabuka heading for a majority of seats in parliament.

People's Alliance Party head Sitiveni Rabuka defeated the incumbent Frank Bainimarama by one vote. Previously, the two leaders have led their own military coups. Former military commander Sitiveni ...

SYDNEY, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Sitiveni Rabuka became Fiji's ... said it would back a three-party coalition led by Rabuka, ending Frank Bainimarama's 16 years in power. - A practicing Christian ...

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka during the media press conference ... and now leader of the opposition, Josaia Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama, for three years. This latest development in Fiji’s ...

Frank Bainimarama ... minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, but remains a popular figure. Outside the court in Suva on Thursday, a crowd of supporters gathered ahead of the sentencing. Bainimarama’s ...

WELLINGTON - Sitiveni Rabuka became Fiji's prime minister on Saturday after a coalition of parties voted to install him, signaling an end to Frank Bainimarama's 16 years in power. The appointment of ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Saturday, extended his best wishes to Sitiveni Rabuka ... over incumbent Frank Bainimarama at a sitting of the Fijian Parliament in Suva. Rabuka's rise to the ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday congratulated Fiji's Sitiveni Rabuka on his election as ... the nomination by one vote over incumbent Frank Bainimarama at a sitting of the Fijian ...

Suva (Fiji) (AFP) – Former military commander Sitiveni Rabuka was on ... chaos" to derail his return to power. Rabuka replaces the imposing Frank Bainimarama, who toppled the government in ...