Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji’s first prime minister and the dominant statesman in Pacific Island regional affairs for nearly 30 years, has died. He was 83. Mara, a former Rhodes scholar who led ...

Fijians stood as one on Friday to farewell their country's greatest leader Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, achieving for a short time at least his dream of a united nation. Suva's Albert Park was a sea of ...

Looting and rioting break out in Suva. The president, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, declares a state of emergency. May 23: Fiji's Great Council of Chiefs calls for the prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry ...