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New Caledonia elects pro-independence candidate in French elections

Emmanuel Tjibaou, candidate with the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS), will be the first pro-independence MP from New Caledonia to sit in the French parliament since 1986. AFP - DELPHINE MAYEUR

The restive French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has elected a pro-independence indigenous Kanak candidate to France’s parliament – the first since 1986 – in a move that could change the dynamic of negotiations over independence after weeks of deadly unrest.

New Caledonia has two seats in France’s National Assembly.

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