Fiji, still reeling from a severe storm that killed seven people last week and left 10 missing, was braced on Monday for strong winds that the meteorology centre warned were on the way. A strengthening high-pressure system was expected to bring heavy ocean swells and strong winds within 24 hours.
Wealthy nations should do more to alleviate global poverty that is being exploited by terrorist groups in poor countries, South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday.
An African, Caribbean and Pacific summit on trade and aid was on Friday set to venture into stormy political waters by strongly condemning nuclear waste shipments across the Pacific.