Offstream
news

Two people are killed and two others are injured when a tanker explodes outside the High Commission of Canada in Abuja, Nigeria.
2023-11-6

Fiji mobilises its army in response to threats made against the country's minority groups and ongoing civil unrest.
2022-12-22

"Ratu" Wiliame Katonivere becomes the president-elect of Fiji. He will replace incumbent president Jioji Konrote when he is confirmed by parliament.
2021-10-21

Fiji isolates 87 crew and passengers on an inter-islands ship due to COVID-19. The ship's people have been the latest of around 4,000 people infected with COVID-19 who have been turned away from hospitals due to a lack of beds.
2021-07-23

Fiji locks down the Qauia settlement near Suva, amid a substantial increase in the number of cases of COVID-19 in the country, which is reporting up to 300 new cases a day, with several clusters and spread of the Delta variant. The government alleges that the infections began to increase after a breach of protocol by a Navy officer.
2021-06-28

Fiji's two cities of Lautoka and Nadi enter into a lockdown after the country records its first community transmission in 12 months.
2021-04-19

Fiji declares an outbreak of dengue fever and leptospirosis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Health minister Ifereimi Waqainabete says that between January and July, 3,300 cases of dengue fever and 1,000 of leptospirosis were reported.
2020-08-19

Fiji quarantines 160 peacekeeping soldiers who returned from the Middle East on Saturday after the army had expressed concern that some of the troops may have been in contact with infected people.
2020-06-30

Citizens of Fiji head to the polls, electing all members of their Parliament and the consequent Prime Minister.
2018-11-14

Fiji announces that it seeks observer status in ASEAN after its suspension from the Pacific Islands Forum was extended. Timor-Leste seeks to become a member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
2010-08-14