France’s overseas minister Naïma Moutchou faces a tough debut in New Caledonia, where economic hardship and political tensions are testing Paris’s resolve to rebuild trust in the South Pacific territory.
France’s new minister for the overseas territories, Naïma Moutchou, begins a four-day visit to New Caledonia on Monday with a double mission – to restart long-stalled political dialogue and to take stock of an economy still reeling from last year’s unrest.
