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Vanuatu takes territorial dispute with France to the ICJ

Vanuatu has filed a case against France at the International Court of Justice.

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The country claims two uninhabited Pacific islands, key to a 350,000 km² exclusive economic zone.

The dispute dates back to Vanuatu's independence in 1980.

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