There were violent protests against French rule in the semiautonomous Pacific territory last year. The agreement would create ...

A fter four months of deadly unrest in New Caledonia, tensions in the French Pacific territory between the pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people and the white settler communities loyal to Paris ...

France has announced an agreement granting more autonomy to New Caledonia, although independence for the Indigenous Kanak ...

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 ...

The pro-independence Kanak people rejected the last referendum’s results in 2021, which they boycotted because it was held at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic that severely affected the Kanak ...

The Kanak people have sought for decades to break free from France, which first took New Caledonia in 1853. Violence flared on May 13 in response to attempts by French President Emmanuel Macron ...

France on Saturday announced a "historic" accord with New Caledonia in which the overseas territory, rocked by deadly ...

Meanwhile, the virus has killed nearly 300 people across the Melaneasian archipelago — most of them Kanak, he says, who make up about 41% of the territory's nearly 289,000 people.

The Kanak people have long sought to break free from France, which first took the Pacific archipelago in 1853 and granted citizenship to all Kanaks in 1957.

Police in the restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia rounded up 11 people Wednesday, including an independence leader, who are suspected of having a role in the deadly violence that ...

NICE, France — After four months of deadly unrest in New Caledonia, tensions in the French Pacific territory between the pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people and the white settler ...

NICE, France (AP) — After four months of deadly unrest in New Caledonia, tensions in the French Pacific territory between the pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people and the white settler ...