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Fijian American teen Hosanna Kabakoro competes in Miss Teen USA pageant on July 24. (Photo supplied.)
Pacific Scoop:
Report – By Josephine Latu.
After witnessing 30 machete-armed men raid her home during the Fiji coup in 2000, an eight-year old Hosanna Kabakoro relocated with her family from Naweni village in Cakaudrove to the northwestern state of Idaho, USA, almost 10,000km away.
“For a long time, it was horrible,” Kabakoro, now 18, says of her experience.
She adds that the man responsible for the takeover of their land is still living in her childhood home today and authorities have failed to resolve the issue: “We are left not being able to return to the home we worked so hard to build.” Read more »
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