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5 October 2026

'We are not a French province': Vanuatu hits back at pro-France lawmaker's 'racist rant'

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'We are not a French province': Vanuatu hits back at pro-France lawmaker's 'racist rant'

Vanuatu's government has condemned a "shameful, racist, and neo-colonial rant" made by a pro-France New Caledonian lawmaker who mocked and ridiculed the island nation.

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