Soldiers try to enter Fiji PM's residence
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Armed soldiers attempted to force their way into the residence of Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase on Tuesday, as the prime minister said a coup was under way in the South Pacific nation.
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Soldiers surround the home of Fiji PM Laisenia Qarase, as he tells the BBC that a coup is imminent.
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SUVA, Fiji, Dec. 5 -- Fiji's military overthrew the government Tuesday after weeks of threats, locking down the capital and putting the prime minister under house arrest in the fourth coup in the South Pacific country in 20 years.
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Fiji's prime minister went into hiding Friday in anticipation of a coup, but a deadline set by the country's defiant military commander passed without the threatened ouster of the government.
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Troops surrounded government buildings and seized ministers' cars Tuesday to try to force the elected government to resign in what the prime minister said was "virtually a coup."
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Fears of an imminent coup in Fiji grew on Monday as Australia and New Zealand warned their citizens to avoid travel to the island nation and South Pacific neighbors called a regional crisis meeting.
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Fiji's military chief warned on Wednesday that troops would quickly suppress any uprising, as the country's deposed prime minister called for non-violent protests after Fiji was hit by its fourth coup in 20 years.
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Australian and U.N. forces are searching for the remnants of the rebels who attempted to assassinate the country's prime minister and president
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Security officials in Sudan have set up roadblocks around strategic locations in the capital, Khartoum, looking for the leader of an alleged attempt to overthrow the government.
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Fiji's military-appointed caretaker prime minister said on Thursday elections may be two years away after this week's bloodless coup, as the island nation's powerful tribal chiefs called on soldiers to lay down their arms.
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Heavily-armed soldiers remained on Fiji's streets on Tuesday and government cars were being seized, radio reports said, as the military increased pressure on the government amid fears of a fourth coup in 20 years.
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Fiji's military is likely to force the embattled government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase to step aside on Monday, military chief Commander Frank Bainimarama said.
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Fiji's newly-installed prime minister says the Pacific island's recent coup was "illegal" but necessary.
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SUVA, Fiji, Dec. 6 -- Fiji's military commander declared a state of emergency Wednesday, a day after he overthrew the elected government and brought international sanctions and censure that began to isolate the South Pacific country.
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A Fijian soldier's hand blocks the camera as a truckload of around 30 soldiers arrived and cleared a large group of journalists and onlookers in front of residence of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, blocking ...Comment
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Fiji PM Laisenia Qarase is to meet military leader Frank Bainimarama, for talks aimed at averting a coup.
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SUVA, Fiji -- Fiji's military overthrew the elected government yesterday after weeks of threats, locking down the capital and putting the prime minister under house arrest in the fourth coup in the South Pacific country in 19 years.