The Latest Breaking News from New Caledonia

Back in the spring, the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia was gripped by deadly riots that left many businesses in ruin. This, in turn, aggravated its already crippled economy. The nickel industry, the archipelago's primary resource, was already facing setbacks before the riots, forcing many employers to lay off…

Independence leaders in New Caledonia have reacted with caution to the French government's decision to scrap a constitutional amendment on voting rights, with some fearing it's a tactical delay that sidesteps the deeper issue of the Pacific territory's political autonomy.

France postpones New Caledonia election amid tensions between settlers and Kanak people, highlighting complexities in overseas territories.

Kanak chiefdoms have unilaterally proclaimed their sovereignty over ancestral lands in New Caledonia, raising concern among some non-independence supporters in the midst of a social and institutional crisis across the archipelago.

New Caledonia has marked the anniversary of its French colonization with tight security and simmering tensions between the pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people and the white settler communities loyal to Paris

Police stationed across territory and curfews tightened over concern of new outbreaks of violence after months of deadly unrest

Tensions have been rising in the French Pacific territory New Caledonia after four months of deadly unrest

Long considered a day of mourning by New Caledonia's indigenous population, 24 September is infamous on the Pacific Ocean islands as the date France claimed them in 1853. With unrest flaring once again over the question of self-determination, this year's anniversary is expected to be especially tense.

Curfew in Martinique after protests over high cost of living while two killed in Pacific island of New Caledonia.

Prosecutor said security forces had been trying to detain about a dozen people allegedly linked to recent riots in the French territory

French police have shot and killed two men in New Caledonia during a security operation, as the territory remains gripped by unrest over a proposed constitutional reform. Tensions around the reform, which reignited the independence debate, have simmered for months, especially in the stronghold of Saint Louis.