When Laisenia Qarase was first appointed Fiji's prime minister in 2000 as a response to the coup attempt which saw the toppling of the elected government, his political skills were an unknown quantity ...

though that person could not be Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama or former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. But on Saturday, Iloilo swore in Bainimarama back into the same job. Iloilo's move ...

Commodore Frank Bainimarama told a news conference that he was using special powers under the constitution to assume the powers of the president and replace Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.

Fiji's caretaker prime minister, Laisenia Qarase, has declared victory in the country's first post-coup election, and is insisting he's the man to lead the new government. His supporters have ...

Commodore Frank Bainimarama told a news conference that he was using special powers under the constitution to assume the powers of the president and replace Premier Laisenia Qarase. He said he ...

Laisenia Qarase was found guilty Tuesday of abusing his office and failing to perform his duties. Court documents say the 71-year-old former prime minister failed to disclose a private investment ...

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saying he is weeding out corruption entrenched in the administration of ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase... SUVA, Fiji -- Fiji's coup leader ran want ads in local newspapers Saturday to fill ...

LAISENIA QARASE: I am fairly safe. I am in my village now on an island about 200 kilometres east of Suva. ELEANOR HALL: How did you get out of the besieged residence where you were yesterday?

Laisenia Qarase, an indigenous Fijian banker installed by the army as caretaker prime minister after last year's nationalist coup, was sworn in today as Fiji's democratically elected Prime Minister.