New Caledonia was hit by mass riots in May 2024, triggered by France's plans to give thousands of non-indigenous long-term ...

Summit in Paris comes 1 year after riots in New Caledonia over voting reforms, as French president seeks dialogue on ...

PARIS — France imposed an emergency Wednesday in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia for at least 12 days, boosting security forces’ powers to quell deadly unrest in the archipelago ...

The deadly unrest was triggered by France's proposal to revise New Caledonia’s electoral roll, which pro-independence groups saw as a direct threat to their political influence.

PARIS — Violence raged across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day Thursday, hours after France imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory, boosting security forces ...

More than 150 years after it took over New Caledonia, the territory — about 1,500 kilometres from Queensland's coast — remains a valuable possession for France.