Articles Tagged: strongman

Wellington - Fiji's military strongman, Voreqe Bainimarama, tightened his grip on the South Pacific island state Monday and announced he would boycott a regional summit where he was expected to defend his refusal to hold fresh elections next year, ac...

Wellington, Aug 13: New Zealand will lift a ban on Fiji's military strongman Frank Bainimarama next week so that he can face criticism at a meeting where regional leaders are expected to demand why he is reneging on a promise to hold elections next year, officials said Wednesday.

Wellington - New Zealand will lift a ban on Fiji's military strongman Frank Bainimarama next week so that he can face criticism at a meeting where regional leaders are expected to demand why he is reneging on a promise to hold elections next year, of...

Wellington - Fiji military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama, who ousted the elected government 19 months ago is protracting the rule he established at the barrel of a gun in breaking a promise to hold fresh elections next year, New Zealand Prime Minist...

Wellington - Fiji military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama has reversed a promise he made to the Pacific island state's aid donors, including the European Union, to hold fresh elections next year, reports from the capital Suva said on Saturday. Bainimar...

Wellington - New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters told Fiji military strongman Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama, who seized power in a bloodless coup 18 months ago, on Wednesday that he must honour his promise to hold free elections by March next ye...

WELLINGTON: Fiji?s military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in a bloodless coup 18 months ago, has threatened to cancel new elections he promised to hold next March, according to reports from the capital Suva yesterday.

Wellington - Fiji's military strongman Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in a bloodless coup 18 months ago, has threatened to cancel new elections he promised to hold next March, according to reports from the capital Suva on Friday. Bainimarama sa...

WELLINGTON: Fiji military strongman Voreqe ?Frank? Bainimarama, who seized power in a bloodless coup that ousted the elected government 14 months ago, has tightened his grip on the Pacific island state by appointing himself chairman yesterday of the influential Great Council of Chiefs, news reports from the capital, Suva, said.

Wellington - Fiji military strongman Voreqe Frank Bainimarama, who seized power in a bloodless coup that ousted the elected government 14 months ago, has tightened his grip on the Pacific island state by appointing himself chairman Tuesday of the i...

Fiji's self appointed prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama will tell the United Nations General Assembly what democracy in the Pacific nation is when he speaks in New York next week.

Fiji's military leader says he is worried about the rise in crime in the Pacific nation following the pulling back of soldiers into the barracks.

Wellington - Fiji's military strongman Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama, who ousted the elected government in a bloodless coup in December, has accused foreign critics of being naive in pressuring him to return the South Pacific island state to democracy w...

Wellington - Fiji's military regime has agreed in principle to hold elections by March 2009, according to a statement from the regime Tuesday. Interim prime minister Voreqe Frank Bainimarama, who led last year's December coup, said he accepted an...