Fiji military stages coup, fourth in 20 years
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Fiji's military took over running the country in a bloodless overthrow on Tuesday after confining the elected prime minister to his home in the South Pacific island nation's fourth coup in 20 years.
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Soldiers moved against at least two police compounds in Fiji on Monday, seizing weapons in the apparent first step toward taking over the South Pacific island nation.
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Fiji's cabinet is in hiding fearing a military coup as the island nation's rebel army chief delayed enforcing a noon deadline for the government to meet his demands.
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Heavily armed Fijian troops set up roadblocks on Tuesday around government buildings which included the office of embattled Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
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Fiji's rebellious military commander was due to meet the country's president as a deadline neared for the government to meet a list of demands or face its fourth coup in two decades.
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Deposed Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase was flown out of the capital Suva on Wednesday, local radio reported, a day after the military exercised a bloodless overthrow in Fiji's fourth coup in 20 years.
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Fiji's military has extended its deadline to Monday for the government to meet its demands or be toppled, embattled Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said as he and his ministers went into hiding.
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New elections may be two years away, Fiji's military-appointed caretaker prime minister said on Thursday as the island nation's powerful tribal chiefs called on soldiers to lay down their arms after this week's bloodless coup.
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Fiji's embattled Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase has said a military coup appears &quot;inevitable&quot; and that he expects to be arrested and detained as soldiers besieged his home and office.
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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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Soldiers chat to locals as the army patrols the streets after a coup by Fiji's military leader Voreqe Bainimarama, in Suva.Comment
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Fiji's military chief said on Tuesday the army had taken over running the country, while the elected prime minister was confined to his home in the South Pacific island nation that is undergoing its fourth coup in 20 years.
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Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase gave in to a raft of demands by his defiant military chief on Thursday after an overnight show of force in which troops secured strategic parts of the capital amid fears of an imminent coup.
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Fiji's military says it will conduct night exercises in the capital, as fears grow of an imminent coup.
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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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Fiji's military says it will conduct night exercises in the capital Suva, as fears grow of an imminent coup.
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A military deadline threatening a coup in Fiji passes without incident, but tensions remain high.