The Latest Breaking News from New Caledonia

People in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia are protesting a reform that would give voting rights to an increasing number of non-Indigenous residents of the archipelago.

France has declared a state of emergency in its overseas territory of New Caledonia. Violence over a planned constitutional reform is threatening its already struggling economy. Plus, Boeing may face the criminal prosecution it had avoided back in 2021, with the US Justice Department accusing the planemaker of violating the…

Two days of rioting rock the Pacific territory after France’s adoption of controversial electoral reforms.

French President Emmanuel Macron's office on Wednesday said a state of emergency would be declared after at least three people were killed in New Caledonia amid violent protests that erupted over the passage of a constitutional reform that angered pro-independence forces.

French Pacific territory New Caledonia faces violent unrest over voting reforms, leading to curfew and gathering bans. Tensions between indigenous Kanaks a...

Authorities in New Caledonia implement curfew and gathering ban amid violent unrest over voting reforms. Tensions between pro-independence Kanaks and Europ...

The local government in New Caledonia has called for calm after violence broke out during protests to changes to the constitution being debated in the French National Assembly, which are denounced by supporters of independence for the overseas territory in the Pacific.

People in New Caledonia's main city Noumea assessed the damage Tuesday after a night of rioting in the French Pacific territory that saw vehicles and shops torched, and shots fired at security forces.

Buildings and cars torched after protest against constitutional amendments descended into unrest