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A 7.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Vanuatu's capital Port Vila, with at least 14 people killed and more than 200 others injured.
2024-12-17

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, causing tsunami warnings in Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and other countries in the South Pacific, and generating a 60 cm tsunami in Lenakel, Vanuatu.
2023-05-19

Vanuatu declares a malaria outbreak in four of its provinces.
2022-07-12

The president of Vanuatu, Obed Moses Tallis, pardons former prime ministers Charlot Salwai, Joe Natuman and Serge Vohor, all of whom were convicted of political and financial crimes, including bribery and corruption.
2021-09-3

Vanuatu stops the sale of its citizenship and revokes the citizenship it gave last April to a Syrian national for US$130,000.
2021-08-12

Vanuatu reports its first case of COVID-19 after a citizen who was repatriated from the United States tested positive while in quarantine.
2020-11-11

The general assembly of Interpol elects Vanuatu and Kiribati as new members, but not Kosovo.
2018-11-20

Samoan authorities prepared for Severe Tropical Cyclone Amos which is forecast to make landfall later tonight.
2016-04-23

A "state of natural disaster" is declared for the next 30 days with Cyclone Winston classified as the strongest storm on record in the Southern Hemisphere.
2016-02-20

Cyclone Winston heads towards Fiji at Category 5 strength. It is expected to make landfall on Saturday.
2016-02-19