Tag: New Caledonia
New Caledonia: “We must not minimize what is happening in Nouméa and its surrounding area”
New Caledonia remains under tension after last month’s riots, with roadblocks still persisting in places. Clashes again on Monday with the police… A curfew maintained at least until next Monday.…
strong uncertainties over the holding of the European elections
In a press release published on Sunday, “ the State is fully committed to ensuring that the European elections are held on June 9 throughout the country » New Caledonian.…
Nouméa airport will remain closed “until further notice”
In New Caledonia, the situation is less tense, but the Pacific archipelago has not regained calm. Kanak youth continue to rise up. The police are continuing their unblocking operations, including…
Nouméa unblocked, tensions persist elsewhere: “We have lost 80% of the economic fabric in Dumbéa”
A return to normal, at least apparently in New Caledonia. The French authorities have regained control of all districts of Nouméa, but fundamentally, the blockage remains between the loyalists and…
emergency measures proposed to businesses and individuals
The unprecedented blocking of the social network TikTok was lifted on Wednesday May 29 in New Caledonia, a French archipelago in the South Pacific still under curfew and from which…
signs of a fragile and slow return to normal
It is a fragile return to calm in New Caledonia. The main roads have been cleared of most of the blockades which prevented traffic and, even if there are still…
state of emergency lifted Tuesday morning, relative calm in the archipelago
The executive made an additional gesture in New Caledonia, by scheduling a lifting of the state of emergency but the calm remains very relative after two weeks of riots. The…
in Nouméa, the Montravel district is organizing itself to hold
In New Caledonia, separatists called this weekend for continued mobilization against the reform of the electoral body, which they believe will lead to the recolonization of the archipelago. In the…
Emmanuel Macron says he is ready for a referendum on the contested reform of the electorate
In an interview given to the French daily The Parisian on the plane returning from Nouméa, President Emmanuel Macron says he is ready to submit to a referendum the electoral…
still a restless night, first evacuations of French tourists
The day after the death of a seventh person in the riots which continue to shake the South Pacific archipelago, tension remains high. While the mission of “ restore order…