Vanuatu’s special envoy on climate change has told Australia to back his country’s push to tie climate change inaction to the International Court of Justice.
Vanuatu's volcanic Mount Yasur can produce one of the most spectacular pyrotechnical displays on Earth – provided the gods are amenable.
The body is believed to be that of a Filipino fisherman who went missing from a UK-flagged tanker on April 11.
The villagers’ special interest in the late Philip,the Duke of Edinburgh,manifested itself in daily prayers for his blessing of their banana and yam crops.
The island nation was among a dwindling handful of countries to have not reported a single case of the virus.
When it comes to paradise,there are few prettier places than the islands of the Pacific. Craig Tansley journeys among them to pick the highlights.
A Chinese plane that held up a Royal Australian Air Force jet from landing in Vanuatu was chartered by a state-owned company that is among the biggest contractors in the South Pacific.
Cyclone Harold ripped through Vanuatu and Fiji as a deadly top-strength storm this week,causing injuries and damage to property,and severing communications.
After pummelling Vanuatu,Harold weakened to category-four as it trailed just south of Viti Levu on Wednesday,Fiji's biggest island.
The total scale of the destruction is not yet clear as main communication lines have been cut off. The cyclone heads to Fiji next.
"It's going to be just as big,if not bigger,than Pam based on what we know about it so far."