In New Caledonia, ‘No Confidence’ With France After Violent Protests
by The police station in Hienghene, a remote town in the Pacific island of New Caledonia, has been barricaded in for nearly three weeks. A few …
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President Macron Arrives in New Caledonia, French Territory on Brink of Civil War
President Emmanuel Macron of France has a lot to manage. The European elections are fast approaching, and his party is predicted to lose. There are …
France’s Macron to Visit New Caledonia After Deadly Protests
President Emmanuel Macron of France is making a surprise trip to New Caledonia, a French territory in the South Pacific that has been gripped by …
Deadly Clashes in New Caledonia Raise Fears of Civil War
A chocolate factory and a soda bottling plant set on fire. Molotov cocktails thrown at the police, and prisoners taking guards hostage. Five people dead. …
Macron Moves to Declare State of Emergency in New Caledonia
President Emmanuel Macron of France convened a crisis meeting on Wednesday and moved to declare a state of emergency in New Caledonia after deadly riots …
Curfew Imposed in New Caledonia Following Protests Over Constitutional Change
The authorities in New Caledonia, a semiautonomous French territory in the South Pacific, put a curfew in place on Tuesday and banned all public gatherings …