The Earthquake Won’t Stop Children Learning: UNICEF Supports Vanuatu’s Recovery Plan As Children Start New School Year

Port Vila, Vanuatu, 17 February 2025 – Two months on since the 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu, more than 12,000 children from affected schools are able to continue their learning during this new school year. The earthquake caused widespread damage …

Vanuatu: Post earthquake health mission

Vanuatu prepares to establish a National Human Rights Institution

The Government of Vanuatu and non-government stakeholders recently undertook a scoping study on establishing a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) in the country. The scoping mission was carried out from 31 May – 04 June 2021 on Tafea Province, 19 – …

Ensuring political stability and rebuilding key for Vanuatu's new coalition government - expert

Jotham Napat is Vanuatu's fifth prime minister in four years. Photo: Facebook / Jotham Napat An expert on Vanuatu politics says rebuilding Port Vila's devastated CBD is a key issue that the new government has to deal with. Jotham Napat, 52, the …

Human Insecurity from Climate Change on Vanuatu and Guam

Asia-Pacific, Climate Action, Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Food and Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition, Headlines, Labour, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Floods and heavy rain in Guam. Credit: - es3n@ …

Fiji congratulates new PM of Vanuatu

SUVA, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Fiji's acting Prime Minister and Minister for Finance Biman Prasad has, on behalf of the government and the people of Fiji, congratulated the newly elected Prime Minister of Vanuatu Jotham Napat. In a congratulatory letter, …

Bookings for Vanuatu surge with Aussies ready to support earthquake-struck tourism hotspot

Despite ongoing earthquake recovery operations, Australians are still looking to Vanuatu for their next holiday as bookings for May surge. Flights on hold as Vanuatu suffers second quake overnight The 7.3 magnitude earthquake caused temporary disruptions …

Indigenous knowledge merges with science to protect people from fish poisoning in Vanuatu

Wikimedia/Louisa Cass/AusAID, CC BY-SA Ciguatera fish poisoning is the world’s most frequently reported seafood-borne illness. Authors Meg Parsons Associate Professor in Historical Geography, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau Allan Rarai …

Who is Jotham Napat, Vanuatu's new PM?

"He had developed a stellar reputation for his work and was in charge of co-ordinating the humanitarian response ... he was under a lot of pressure and delivered," Glen Craig, Vanuatu's Special Envoy for International Business, told AAP.

Vanuatu’s new PM seeks stronger ties with the United States

By VANUATU DAILY POST Newly appointed Vanuatu Prime Minister Jotham Napat has expressed Vanuatu’s desire to strengthen ties with the United States, calling for increased U.S presence in the Pacific region. In his first official speech yesterday, Napat …