Voters in Vanuatu, an archipelago in the South Pacific, will decide on May 29 whether to approve two constitutional amendments that would compel their lawmakers to choose – and stick with – a single political party rather than switch in the middle of their terms. The...
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The Vanuatu government boycotted parliament Monday, a move that comes as the opposition attempts to pass a motion of no-confidence against Prime Minister Sato Kilman less than a month after he came to power, Radio New Zealand reported. Last week, opposition lawmakers filed a no-confidence motion...
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Vanuatu lawmakers elected Sato Kilman as the nation’s new prime minister Monday after a court upheld a vote of no-confidence against his predecessor, who had attempted to forge closer ties with allies of the US as the latter vies with China for control of the...
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The small Pacific island of Vanuatu successfully convinced the United Nations to ask the world’s top international court to decide on countries’ obligations to address climate change, a move seen as a major milestone in advancing international climate law, the Washington Post reported. The UN General...
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