L'Hebdo du Vanuatu

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L'Hebdo du Vanuatu
Type Weekly newspaper
Founded2008
Language French
Headquarters Port Vila

L'Hebdo du Vanuatu is a ni-Vanuatu weekly newspaper. Launched on 11 December 2008, [1] it is the first newspaper in Vanuatu published exclusively in the French language. [2] [3] French is one of Vanuatu's three official languages, along with Bislama and English. [4]

The newspaper was launched by Gene Wong and Marc Neil-Jones of the anglophone Vanuatu Daily Post , [2] [3] [5] with support from the European Union and the French embassy in Vanuatu. [1] Its intended readership are francophone ni-Vanuatu, both in Vanuatu itself and in neighbouring, French-speaking New Caledonia. [1] It also covers news from both countries. [3]

Each issue is sold for Vt100 or CFP150. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Un hebdomadaire 100% francophone au Vanuatu" [ permanent dead link ], Agence Universitaire Francophone, 11 December 2008
  2. 1 2 "Lancement du nouvel hebdomadaire du Vanuatu", French embassy to Vanuatu
  3. 1 2 3 "New French language newspaper for Vanuatu and New Caledonia" Archived 4 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine , ABC Radio Australia, 20 October 2008
  4. ↑ "Vanuatu gets French language newspaper" Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine , Solomon Star, 23 October 2008
  5. ↑ "Les Français du Vanuatu ont le goût d’entreprendre" [ permanent dead link ], website of the New Caledonian government, February 2009


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