Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji ‘ s first prime minister and a key U.S. ally in the South Pacific during the Cold War, has died. He was 83. Chief Mara, the dominant statesman in Pacific Island regional ...

Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, Fiji’s first prime minister and a dominant statesman in Pacific Island regional affairs for nearly 30 years, has died, New Zealand media reported Monday. He was 83. Mara died ...

THE islands of the Fiji archipelago are surely a good approximation of Paradise. Blue waters lap around bays shaded by coconut palms. Jungle-covered hills rise up into a cloudless sky, and dusky ...

Fiji's first and longest-serving prime minister, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, has died aged 83. Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara was prime minister of Fiji for its first 17 years of independence, from 1970 until ...

A dispute has broken out in Fiji between two traditional warrior clans over which one is responsible for guarding the body of the late president, Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara. Ratu Mara's coffin arrived by ...

Moving to end Fiji’s crisis, the country’s army commander imposed martial law Monday night and began to isolate the rebels who have been holding the prime minister and other government officials ...

SEVERAL hundred years ago, the Pacific island state of Fiji was a place of refuge for exiled princes from neighbouring Tonga. Now it is Tonga that serves as a destination for Fiji's blue-blooded ...

Maumi is a sacred site for the people of Nayau Island, Lau because it is where the past three Tui Nayau were traditionally ...