Over three days this week, ‘Inaat ne Kanaky’ – the National Council of Kanak High Chiefs – held its assembly on New Caledonia's eastern Maré Island, for the institution's most important ...

The mining and metallurgy sector, which accounts for 20% of employment in New Caledonia, is not just an economic player, it's also a social and political issue. It has absorbed a growing Kanak ...

New Caledonia's Minister of Youth, Sports, and Culture, Mickael Forrest, pledged to persistently fight for the independence of the indigenous Kanak people. "Of course, there were some disturbances ...

Two people were killed during a French police operation in New Caledonia on Thursday, according to French media. The police operation took place amid unrest between French loyalists and indigenous ...

NICE, France — The leader of a pro-independence party in New Caledonia on Saturday called ... to impose electoral reforms that the Indigenous Kanak people fear would further marginalize them.

The youth in the French Pacific territory New Caledonia are leading a fight for “national liberation,” a unionist of the indigenous Kanak people said. The archipelago in the Pacific has been ...

A French overseas territory in the Pacific, New Caledonia has seen deep divisions between its indigenous Kanak population and Europeans, most notably over the thorny question of independence.

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Colonial France took control of New Caledonia in 1853. White settlement followed and the indigenous Kanak people were longtime victims of harsh segregation policies. Many indigenous inhabitants ...

Kanak voters boycotted the 2021 referendum. The move by the French Parliament to unfreeze voting lists and open them up to residents who have lived in New Caledonia for at least 10 years is seen ...

Young Kanak people in the outskirts of Nouméa also have a conscience. Of course, all independentists, like all reasonable people, would prefer New Caledonia not to burn down. But for that to ...