SUVA, Fiji, Feb. 3 (UPI) --Fiji will get a new flag without colonial emblems, such as the Union Jack, and more symbolic of the country, its Prime Minister announced Tuesday. The current flag is light ...

The Fijian prime minister’s move to replace colonial symbols on Fiji’s flag is a clever strategy to undermine Indigenous chiefs, his most powerful opposition Fiji’s newly elected prime minister and ...

Fiji will remove the Union Jack from its flag and replace it with a design that symbolises the Pacific nation, not former colonial power Britain, Frank Bainimarama, the prime minister, said. A ...

The designer of Fiji's current flag says she is disappointed by prime minister Frank Bainimarama's move to replace it with a new one. Tessa Mackenzie won the competition in 1970 to design the flag ...

Fiji's prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama announced on Tuesday that his country will dump the Union Flag (better known as the Union Jack by most people) from its national flag, the Telegraph reports.

An NGO is calling for Fiji to change its flag, labelling it a reminder of negative colonial inheritances such as racism, divide and rule and cringing subservience. The CEO of the Pacific Dialogue, ...

The South Pacific nation of Fiji has launched a competition for a new national flag. The current flag, adopted in 1970 following independence from Britain, is blue with the Union Jack in the left ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fiji opposition parties have questioned the government's decision to change the Pacific nation's flag, accusing Prime Minister ...

Fiji will remove the union jack from its flag and replace it with a design that symbolises the Pacific country, not former colonial power Britain, the prime minister has said. Voreqe Bainimarama, a ...

Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama said the British symbol was "out of date" and was "no longer relevant" to the country. The one-time coup leader said Fiji needed a flag which reflected how they had ...