The story so far: A high-stakes attempt by French Overseas Minister Manuel Valls to broker a new political accord for New Caledonia collapsed on May 8, plunging the French Pacific territory into ...

The nickel factory at Koniambo mine in New Caledonia's north province.(ABC News: Nicolas Job) It was a symbol of economic freedom — offering a chance at prosperity for communities who shared ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Caledonia's 36-year-old striker Georges Gope-Fenepej scored twice in his team's 3-0 win over Tahiti in an Oceania qualifying semifinal Friday which left it one step ...

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a meeting with New Caledonia's elected officials, in Noumea, New Caledonia, May 23, 2024 (pool photo by Ludovic Marin via AP). Click to share on ...

New Caledonia remains a tinder box. Local divisions run deep between primarily European loyalist and mainly indigenous independence parties after a contested independence referendum in 2021 led to a ...

In a resignation letter addressed to Louis Mapou, New Caledonia's pro-independence Kanak president, seen by French news agency AFP, Caledonia Together cited disagreements with the head of ...

The decision follows the restoring of power and water supply as well as road access to its facilities, Prony said in a statement, without giving a timeline or estimates for production. Prony is ...

A botched independence referendum in 2021 and an attempt to enfranchise recent arrivals caused long-simmering tensions between to explode in New Caledonia. Ethnic tensions between generally ...

Kanaky, the indigenous name of New Caledonia — an island in the Pacific Ocean under French control since 1853 — is one of the seventeen remaining non-autonomous territories in the world. Initially ...

A recent attempt to alter French voting lists in New Caledonia sent the archipelago into a violent crisis – and some are warning that the conflict is far from over. The gutted remains of six ...

New Caledonia has a deep rift between the Indigenous Kanak population, which has a poverty rate of 32.5%, and the non-Kanak, mostly white population, which has a poverty rate of 9%.