Impact
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) were created when the United Nations invited the newly independent Fiji to send troops to serve in UNIFIL. The experience gained in Lebanon has enabled the RFMF to stage 4 coups d’état (1987, 1999-2000, 2006, and 2009) and to govern FIJI in a military dictatorship for over two decades.
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