6bn). FILE - Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. Jun 25, 2024 · The unrest killed nine people and caused damage estimated at more than 1. May 18, 2024 · One more person was killed Saturday (May 18) and two injured in France's Pacific territory of New Caledonia as security personnel tried to restore order afte May 15, 2024 · Charred cars and the remains of a Renault store amid riots in Noumea, New Caledonia [Theo Rouby/AFP] On Wednesday, streets in the capital were pocked by the shells of burned-out cars and buildings President Emmanuel Macron traveled to the French overseas territory of New Caledonia in a bid to end riots that have rocked the archipelago. May 15, 2024 · New Caledonia: How deadly riots started and what France plans to do. New Caledonia has a population of about 300,000 people, of whom the indigenous May 17, 2024 · New Caledonia, a French territory in the Pacific Ocean, has been shaken by riots over proposed changes to election voting rules. PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron decided on Monday to lift the state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia in a move meant to allow political dialogue following the unrest that left seven people dead and a trail of destruction, his office said. France declared a state of emergency on the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Wednesday after three young indigenous Kanak and a police official were killed in riots over electoral May 14, 2024 · New Caledonia has announced a curfew from 6pm to 6am following overnight riots that saw vehicles torched and roads blocked in the South Pacific French territory, following proposed constitutional May 14, 2024 · PARIS (Reuters) -President Emmanuel Macron is flying to New Caledonia in a bid to calm tensions in the French overseas territory after contested electoral reforms sparked the worst riots there in May 15, 2024 · NewsFeed Riots in French island territory New Caledonia over voting change. The French authorities have The Department of Foreign Affairs said 300 Australians were in New Caledonia. French Army forces embark on a plane to New Caledonia on Thursday, May 16 May 20, 2024 · France is slowly reasserting control over the region around New Caledonia’s capital Noumea after a week of deadly violence. Gerald Darmanin says about 400 police and specialist officers May 18, 2024 · Delphine Mayeur/AFP/dpa. Forty-eight New Zealanders are still stuck in riot-torn New Caledonia as the fiery protests that have gripped the French territory stretch into their third week. Violent protests erupt in French Pacific territory. Several people have reportedly been killed in violent protests in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, after May 17, 2024 · France has accused Azerbaijan of being behind protests and violence that have rocked its Pacific island territory of New Caledonia for the past few days over the French government’s decision to May 23, 2024 · What's happening in New Caledonia? There have been protests, civil unrest and rioting over the past week. Photo: NC la 1ere. Jun 12, 2024 · The French High Commission in New Caledonia said as of June 10 that 1,192 people had been arrested in connection to the riots and 228 police officers and gendarmes had been injured. May 21, 2024 · Australia and New Zealand said they will send government planes to New Caledonia on Tuesday to evacuate nationals from the French territory which has experienced a week of deadly riots, sparked by May 15, 2024 · We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. In recent days, French authorities had insisted that Noumea, the capital of New Caledonia, was May 17, 2024 · Three killed in New Caledonia as riots escalate after Paris vote. Another person has died after days of violent protests in France's Pacific territory New Caledonia, bringing the death toll to six since the riots began on Monday, French May 15, 2024 · Three killed in New Caledonia as riots escalate after Paris vote. Blockades erected at Nomea’s Tontouta Airport May 17, 2024 · Police officer dies amid New Caledonia riots as France declares a state of emergency. Using backhoes to shove aside charred vehicles, French security forces worked Sunday, May 19, 2024, to retake control of the highway to the international airport in violence-scorched New Caledonia, shuttered because of deadly unrest wracking the French South Pacific island where indigenous people May 15, 2024 · France to deploy army to New Caledonia over riots. New Caledonia 'under siege' from rioting, says capital's mayor More French police arrive in New Caledonia amid riots May 17, 2024 · 10:48pm May 17, 2024. At Jun 7, 2024 · June 7, 2024. Western colonial interest in the island began with the arrival of British explorer James Cook in 1774. May 21, 2024 · New Caledonia is facing a state of emergency and widespread violence over a proposed constitutional change that would expand the electorate for provincial elections. 55am first published May 15, 2024 — 7. 5 billion euros ($1. A P&O Cruises May 17, 2024 · French marines are patrolling New Caledonia, which local authorities say is "calmer" after days of deadly riots, but concerns are mounting about access to medical care and food on the island. Starting in the 1970s, in the wake of a nickel boom that drew outsiders, tensions rose on the island, with various conflicts between Paris May 22, 2024 · President Emmanuel Macron is flying to New Caledonia in a bid to calm tensions in the French overseas territory after contested electoral reforms sparked the worst riots there in four decades. May 19, 2024 · At least six people died in riots sweeping the archipelago, whose indigenous population has long sought independence. May 27, 2024 · Updated 7:49 AM PDT, May 27, 2024. PARIS—Before riots swept New Caledonia last week, President Emmanuel Macron aimed to put the remote territory—and its massive reserves of nickel—at the center of France’s push to secure May 19, 2024 · France has accused Azerbaijan and Russia of stoking the unrest in New Caledonia, with an intelligence official telling POLITICO that activity from hostile states had been detected “for weeks, even a few months. May 22, 2024 · The flags of New Caledonia (top) and Azerbaijan (second from top) at a de-colonization demonstration hosted by the Baku Initiative Group. May 15, 2024 · By Reuters. Photo: Ludovic M May 16, 2024 · Earlier on Wednesday, a spokesman for New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou said three young Indigenous Kanak had died in the riots. May 21, 2024 · Violent riots in New Caledonia are having an outsized global impact on critical mineral supply chains. A proposed change to elections by President Emmanuel Macron's government is the latest May 27, 2024 · The state of emergency in the Pacific island territory of New Caledonia will be lifted on Tuesday morning, after two weeks of violent unrest over French plans to change the rules for provincial May 17, 2024 · France is rushing security reinforcements to its overseas territory of New Caledonia, a crucial foothold for Paris in the Indo-Pacific, after days of violent riots that have led to the deaths of May 15, 2024 · The French government has declared a 12-day state of emergency in New Caledonia. By Rishi Iyengar. Jun 22, 2024 · A pro-independence leader in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has been charged following deadly riots last month. Unrest in French-controlled New Caledonia is being fuelled by foreign interference, a Paris-based official said on Thursday, as local officials battled to restore order in the South Pacific May 16, 2024 · France imposed a state of emergency on New Caledonia on Wednesday. By Frances Mao & Kelly Ng, BBC News. The government in Paris has declared a state of emergency in the May 22, 2024 · Protesters in New Caledonia erected new barricades overnight in "cat-and-mouse" games with French police reinforcements ahead of the arrival of President Emmanuel Macron, after the worst riots on May 16, 2024 · Four dead in New Caledonia riots, France declares state of emergency By Kirsty Needham , Juliette Jabkhiro and Augustin Turpin Updated May 16, 2024 — 11. More than May 16, 2024 · 6 min. They’re pushing the narrative of France being a colonialist state. At May 14, 2024 · Analysis - The situation in New Caledonia, especially Nouméa, remained tense throughout Tuesday, with scenes of burning, shooting and looting in hot points of the capital and its surroundings. May 16, 2024 · Deadly riots erupted in Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia, a French Pacific island territory, on Monday before a vote in the National Assembly, the French lower house of parliament, on a proposed May 15, 2024 · Deadly violence in the French island of New Caledonia erupted for a third day Wednesday, with armed clashes between protesters, militias and police, and buildings and cars set on fire in the May 16, 2024 · New Caledonia’s capital city, Noumea, has endured widespread violent rioting over the past 48 hours. May 15, 2024 · France’s government declared a state of emergency in New Caledonia on Wednesday as it struggled to quell deadly riots in the semiautonomous French Pacific territory. Indigenous groups, specifically the Melanesian Kanak people, have inhabited it for a few thousand years. New Caledonia, named by British explorer James Cook in 1774 May 24, 2024 · A policeman in riot-hit New Caledonia on Friday killed a 48-year-old man after being attacked by demonstrators in the aftermath of President Emmanuel Macron's visit to the French Pacific territory May 16, 2024 · New Caledonia is located around 1,500 km to the east of Australia. French High Commissioner Louis Le Franc early Tuesday confirmed a 48-hour ban on weapons and ammunition, as well as on the sale of alcohol. As protests against French control boiled over this week in New Caledonia, the South Pacific archipelago experienced some of its most intense violence since a civil war decades May 27, 2024 · Photo: AFP / Theo Rouby. The unrest is the worst New Caledonia has seen since the 1980s. This picture taken on May 14, 2024, shows smoke rising in the distance amid protests linked to a debate on a constitutional May 21, 2024 · Emmanuel Macron will fly to New Caledonia on Tuesday night to "set up a mission" on the riot-hit island, France has confirmed. Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to the Pacific island of New Caledonia late on Tuesday, Paris-time May 16, 2024 · France has announced it is imposing a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia for at least 12 days, Riots continued in the capital despite a curfew being put in place. Reuters. Seven independence activists linked to a group accused of orchestrating riots last month in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia have been sent to mainland France for pre May 15, 2024 · France has declared a state of emergency in its Pacific overseas territory of New Caledonia as it seeks to quell deadly riots sparked by a controversial electoral reform. The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is shortening its overnight curfew and reopening its international airport that was closed to commercial flights for more than a month because of deadly violence. French officers have removed 60 road blocks on the way to Noumea's airport, but clearing We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Plumes of smoke from A New Zealand Defence Force Hercules plane which earlier departed New Caledonia as the first mercy flight to get Kiwis off the riot-torn island has touched down in Auckland tonight. He arrived in Nouméa in Monday and described the scenes in the city for Morning Report. May 28, 2024 · France on Tuesday lifted a state of emergency in its Pacific territory of New Caledonia but is maintaining a curfew and sending hundreds of paramilitary reinforcements after two weeks of unrest in May 15, 2024 · Three killed in New Caledonia as riots escalate after Paris vote. The crisis is rooted in the dispute over the third independence referendum in 2021, which was widely boycotted by the pro-independence movement. New Zealand also announced it was sending a plane Tuesday to evacuate 50 of its nationals from Noumea, the Pacific May 15, 2024 · Earlier in the day, a spokesperson for New Caledonia's President Louis Mapou said three young indigenous Kanak had died in the riots. Four people have now died in the unrest, with French officials saying a police officer died from a gunshot wound. May 17, 2024 · New Caledonia: France bolsters security forces on island after deadly rioting over Paris voting reforms. The French government has said it will deploy troops to secure ports and the main airport in the Pacific territory of New Caledonia as unrest May 15, 2024 · French TV reports showed stores and cars in New Caledonia that were looted and burned, and citizens, some of them armed with rifles and machetes, clashing with riot police. The 2020 protests in New Caledonia began on 28 October 2020 over a plan to sell a Vale -owned nickel and cobalt mine to a consortium led by Trafigura. In May 14, 2024 · New Caledonia's government Tuesday appealed for "reason and calm" after overnight rioting and violent protests in the capital Noumea. Armed forces are protecting New Caledonia’s two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people, the Pacific Island’s top French official said May 19, 2024 · 2 of 2 | . The French government later said a 24-year-old police official May 15, 2024 · France deployed troops to New Caledonia's ports and international airport, banned TikTok and imposed a state of emergency Thursday after three nights of clashes that have left four dead and May 22, 2024 · President Emmanuel Macron arrived in riot-hit New Caledonia, having crossed the globe by plane in a high-profile show of support for the French Pacific archipelago wracked by deadly unrest and May 17, 2024 · We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. New Caledonia has a population of about 300,000 people, including Jun 16, 2024 · FILE - Smoke rises during protests in Noumea, New Caledonia, Wednesday May 15, 2024. ”. 15 May 2024. Opponents fear the measure will benefit pro-France politicians in New Caledonia, where pro-independence Indigenous Kanaks have long pushed to be free of France. May 21, 2024 · Australia and New Zealand said they will send government planes to New Caledonia on Tuesday to evacuate nationals from the French territory which has experienced a week of deadly riots, sparked by Jun 23, 2024 · 23 Jun 2024. May 22, 2024 · Riots erupted after French lawmakers approved changes to the French Constitution that would allow residents who have lived in New Caledonia for 10 years to vote in provincial elections. This amendment would "unfreeze" the list of eligible voters at local elections. Seven people have died in the riots, which were sparked by a controversial electoral reform that some said would weaken the indigenous Kanaky vote. May 17, 2024 · Five people dead. Four people, including May 23, 2024 · French President Macron heads to New Caledonia after deadly riots 01:12 - Source: CNN. May 15, 2024 · We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. May 18, 2024 · The riots have been sparked by anger among indigenous Kanak people over a constitutional amendment approved by lawmakers in Paris that would allow French people who have lived in New Caledonia for May 14, 2024 · All flights into and out of the capital of New Caledonia have been grounded by industrial action and strikes that in some areas have turned violent. Independence leaders and pro-independence protesters wanted for the nickel plant to be owned by citizens May 16, 2024 · New Zealand has upgraded its SafeTravel alert for parts of New Caledonia. The French government later announced that a police official May 16, 2024 · We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The police station in Hienghene, a remote town in the Pacific island of New Caledonia, has been barricaded in for nearly three weeks. A few dozen protesters have blocked off the May 14, 2024 · Three staff at Nouméa's central jail were briefly taken hostage. Now, the couple and other foreign nationals stuck on the island are desperately trying to find a way home May 19, 2024 · French forces trying to stem unrest in the Pacific island territory of New Caledonia have cleared dozens of barricades that had been blocking the main road linking the airport to the capital May 16, 2024 · We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. The nickel mine and plant is known as the Goro mine. May 24, 2024 · May 24, 20248:38 AM PDTUpdated 2 months ago. Multiple cruise lines will avoid docking at ports in New Caledonia in the coming days after a state of emergency was declared in the Pacific territory. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has repeatedly accused France of “neo-colonialism” and has actively supported independence movements and other countries’ claims over French territories across the world, including the island of Mayotte and New Caledonia. Under the 1998 Nouméa Accord, France agreed to give New Caledonia - a group of May 15, 2024 · New Caledonia became a French overseas territory in 1946. New Caledonia has on Monday gone through yet another day of tensions, a few hours ahead of a vote in Paris's National Assembly on a government-tabled Constitutional amendment. PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron is making a surprise trip to New Caledonia, the French Pacific territory that has been gripped by days of deadly unrest and Macron heads to riot-hit New Caledonia as Australia, NZ evacuate tourists. A worker stands near stationary nickel mining equipment near the community May 19, 2024 · Police officer dies in New Caledonia riots after being shot in the head, as France declares a state of emergency 'Trash, burn and loot': Parts of New Caledonia ablaze as riots turn violent leaving By The Associated Press. PARIS, May 24 (Reuters) - Police shot dead a man in riot-hit New Caledonia on Friday evening, a day after President Emmanuel Macron visited to the May 13, 2024 · New Caledonia’s High Commissioner announced a mass mobilisation of security forces across the island and instituted a 12-hour curfew from 6pm this evening local time until 6am tomorrow. Azerbaijan has . May 17, 2024 · The first of the extra 1,000 security personnel France is sending to New Caledonia have started to arrive amid riots that have killed five people and injured hundreds more, with the French 8:31am May 22, 2024. May 16, 2024 · Mass protests erupted on Tuesday after the French parliament passed reforms to local provincial elections in New Caledonia, allowing French residents who have lived there for 10 years or more to May 14, 2024 · France sent extra police squadrons to quell riots on the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Tuesday but also opened the door to a negotiated settlement with pro- and anti-independence groups. This crisis intensified rapidly, taking local authorities by surprise. Mike Lightfoot is one of those people. All commercial flights to and from the Nouméa-La Tontouta international airport have been cancelled and many holiday makers were stuck in Nouméa. This follows deadly riots over voting reforms unpopular with the French territory's indigenous peoples. Authorities will work today to rescue the remaining Australians stranded in New Caledonia, after two repatriation flights touched down in Brisbane overnight. As a voting reform bill sparked riots that ripped through May 31, 2024 · In short: France's interior minister says New Caledonia's capital Noumea is back under control after two weeks of deadly riots. May 30, 2024 · It’s 15 May, and the French Pacific territory is gripped by riots, violence and at least six deaths, a crisis kicked off by a constitutional change taking place over 16,000 kilometres away. France's president will travel to the island after more than a week 2020–2021 New Caledonian protests. "No reason for discontent, frustration and anger could justify May 21, 2024 · New Caledonia has been a French territory since the mid-1800s. The unrest has reignited a debate May 16, 2024 · Armed forces were protecting New Caledonia's two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed four people, the Pacific Island's top French official said on Thursday morning. 29pm May 16, 2024 · Armed forces were protecting New Caledonia's two airports and port after a third night of violent riots that have killed five people, the Pacific Island's top French official said on Thursday May 23, 2024 · Six people including two police officers have been killed and hundreds more wounded in riots, looting and arson. wc tq ba it ss gy bf ao bb ko