Sources: Radio Australia
Opposition parties in Vanuatu boycott the parliament after a failed no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau. 2023-08-17
Vanuatu halts outbound travel out of its main island of Efate following the confirmation of a COVID-19 case. Prime Minister Bob Loughman confirms that a Filipino fisherman whose body washed ashore last week near the capital of Port Vila had died of the disease. 2021-04-18
Indonesia accuses Vanuatu of having an "excessive and unhealthy obsession" about West Papua. The remark comes after Vanuatuan Prime Minister Bob Loughman warned the international community about "human rights violations and abuses" in the region. 2020-09-28
A 7.0 magnitude undersea earthquake strikes east of New Caledonia's Loyalty Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. Tsunami warnings for New Caledonia and Vanuatu are cancelled. There are no immediate reports of damage. 2017-11-20
Vanuatu begins evacuating 11,000 islanders from the island of Ambae because of the erupting volcano Manaro Voui which pollutes the water. 2017-10-1
Authorities in Vanuatu report that it faces imminent shortages of food and water in the wake of Cyclone Pam. 2015-03-19
Vanuatu prepares for Tropical Cyclone Pam which is predicted to reach Category 5 on the Australian tropical cyclone intensity scale. 2015-03-12
A dozen members of the Australian Federal Police are expelled from Vanuatu, following a diplomatic row over the arrest of the Prime Minister of Vanuatu's private secretary in Australia last month. [http:--au.news.yahoo.com-thewest-a---world-13653101-australian-police-thrown-out-of-vanuatu- (AFP via Yahoo News Australia)]date=July 2019 2012-05-10
Scientists announce the discovery of more than 1,000 new species resulting from a 2006 survey conducted on Espiritu Santo island in Vanuatu. 2011-06-9