Stories written by Shailendra Singh

DEVELOPMENT-FIJI: Amid Economic Slump, Children Face Bleak Future

By Shailendra Singh
Shonal Chand, 16, has ditched school to work full time to assist his financially struggling family. He sells pineapples, watermelons and other local seasonal fruits by the roadside six days a week.

FIJI: Caught Between Coups and Corruption

By Shailendra Singh
The December 2006 coup, Fiji's fourth in less than 20 years, was dubbed a "cleanup campaign" by military commander Frank Bainimarama, now Fiji's interim prime minister.
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