Two Kanak people killed by France police operation in New Caledonia
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
Two Kanaks shot dead by French police in New Caledonia decried as ‘assassinations’
French police shot and killed two men in New Caledonia on Thursday morning, stoking tensions with pro-independence groups days ahead of a public holiday marking France’s annexation of the Pacific archipelago.
French police shoot dead two Kanaks in New Caledonian ‘assassinations’
French police have shot and killed two men in New Caledonia, stoking tensions with pro-independence groups days ahead of a public holiday marking France’s annexation of the Pacific archipelago.
French police shoot dead 2 in New Caledonia operation
Two men have been killed in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia in a police operation amid deadly unrest between Indigenous Kanak people and French authorities.
2 killed in restive New Caledonia during a French police operation
French media reports say two people have been killed in New Caledonia during a police intervention to apprehend activists, suspected of involvement in deadly unrest over attempts by Paris to amend the French constitution and change voting lists in the French Pacific territory.
Man Killed During Police Operation In New Caledonia
A man was killed during an operation by French security forces in New Caledonia overnight into Thursday, authorities said, taking the death toll to 12 after four months of unrest in the French Pacific territory.
2 killed in restive New Caledonia during a French police operation
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. The latest violence flared on May 13 in ...
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Shutdown of ‘symbolic’ nickel plant compounds New Caledonia’s economic woes
The French territory’s current political crisis is aggravating long-running problems in its struggling nickel industry.
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Why independence movements fail in French Overseas Territories
By Gwynne Dyer - With the sole exception of the 50 people on Pitcairn Island, the United Kingdom (once known as the British ...
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New Caledonia separatists name jailed party leader as chief
His appointment on Saturday to lead the Socialist Kanak National Liberation Front (FLNKS) risks complicating efforts to end the crisis, sparked in May by a Paris plan for voting reforms that ...
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New Caledonia separatists name jailed party leader as chief
Christian Tein, who considers himself a "political prisoner", was one of seven pro-independence activists transferred to mainland France in June -- a move that sparked renewed violence that has roiled ...