Nauru officially changes its name to Naoero

The small Pacific state of Nauru officially changed its name to Naoero in its Constitution.

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The change aims to reaffirm the country's pre-colonial identity.

Naoero is now the smallest state in the world after Monaco and the Vatican.

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