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Why half of Vanuatu's government are going to jail

14 members of the ruling party were sentenced for corruption earlier this month. It puts the government of Prime Minister Sato Kilman in a precarious position. Tess Newton Cain is a political analyst at Vanuatu-based Devpacific.

(Photo: Prime Minister Sato Kilman of Vanuatu - not one of those convicted - addresses a meeting of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit 2015 at the United Nations headquarters. Credit: Reuters/Darren Ornitz)

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