There is anger over changes to voting rules that has put the spotlight again on the push for independence from the territory's Indigenous Kanak people - 40 per cent of the population. France's ...

The three dead were young indigenous Kanak, said a spokesman for president Louis Mapou. He said the information was provided by police. The special defence and security council meetings typically ...

The changes would enable more migrants in the territory to vote, which independence supporters fear will dilute the vote of the indigenous Kanak and its significant independence movement.

Ponga, 49, is the first indigenous Kanak to lead the pro-France Le Rassemblement party. The change represented a sharp shift to the right within the local political establishment in the wake of ...

French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls' first two days in New Caledonia have been marred by several clashes with local pro-France.

The three killed were young indigenous Kanak people, a spokesperson for New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou said based on police information. Darmanin on Wednesday said “hundreds” of people ...