Kanak leader Christian Tein, detained in mainland France after the violence triggered by the reform of the electoral body in New Caledonia, was appointed president of the FLNKS independence alliance on Saturday 31 August 2024, a leader said overnight, after a congress in which two components of the Front refused to participate.
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New Caledonia: Kanak leader Christian Tein, detained in mainland France, appointed president of the FLNKS
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