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.

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 recent unrest in New Caledonia was ignited by a new electoral law perceived by the indigenous Kanak population as discriminatory. This law allows people who have lived in New Caledonia for at ...

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 ...

But since the final referendum in December 2021 (which was boycotted by a significant part of the indigenous Kanak population), all attempts to start these talks have consistently failed ...

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 ...