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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Rabuka won a tense election in December over Frank Bainimarama, who had held power in Fiji for 16 years. Rabuka has moved since then to distance himself from some of Bainimarama’s policies ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mr Bainimarama ruled Fiji for 16 years after seizing power in a military coup, until a national election in December saw a coalition of parties narrowly vote to install Mr Sitiveni Rabuka as prime ...

Bainimarama has yet to concede defeat. Fiji's president would call parliament to sit on Saturday morning, where coalition lawmakers will vote for Rabuka to become prime minister, National ...