Against all odds one woman has secured a seat in Vanuatu's 52-member parliament. Marie Louis Paulette Milne, one of only seven women among 216 election candidates, secured 1227 votes to pip her ...

Rain with a high of 90 °F (32.2 °C) and a 85% chance of precipitation. Winds from ENE to NE at 9 to 11 mph (14.5 to 17.7 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 51% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake shook Vanuatu Islands, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The earthquake occurred at 0613GMT. The epicenter, with a depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles ...

Vanuatu’s only incumbent female parliamentarian has lost her seat in a snap election leaving only one woman candidate in contention after an unofficial vote count. The unofficial counting at polling ...

Vanuatu’s Parliament is starting to take shape according to preliminary election results. As of Saturday, the Leaders Party was on track to becoming the largest in Parliament with 11 MPs. Vanua’aku ...

Over 180,000 registered voters are expected to cast their votes today with polls now open in Vanuatu. It is remarkable the snap-election is even able to happen with Friday marking one month since the ...

Today marks one month since a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu’s capital, Port Vila, claiming 14 lives, injuring more than 200 people, and displacing thousands more. Downtown Port Vila ...

“So certain candidates who are locked in, and we’ve seen some of them rotating as prime minister. “What’s interesting about Vanuatu, as opposed to PNG and Solomon Islands, is that you do have some ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Voting begins in Vanuatu’s snap election a month after destructive earthquake A man casts his ballot ...

Sydney (Reuters) — Voting began on Thursday to elect a new government in Vanuatu, a month after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific island nation’s capital Port Vila, killing at ...