People in New Caledonia can now protest again – nearly a year after violent riots – following a French court decision to ...

On 13 May last year, Renaud Mahé found himself responsible for 200 people shut inside a resort during violent civil unrest ...

A bet on nickel gave many New Caledonians hopes of prosperity and independence.But when the economy turned, it left behind a ghost town full of broken hearts.It was a symbol of economic freedom — ...

French Minister for Overseas Manuel Valls has returned to Paris Tuesday, without any deal as yet regarding the French Pacific ...

Monsignor Sionepoe's inaugural mass was held in the Saint Joseph Cathedral of Nouméa, in presence of thousands of Catholics, some of them coming from as far as New Zealand, where Wellington-based Mgr ...

Thousands have fled the French island territory of New Caledonia since the riots that took place in May last year in the capital Noumea. Approximately 11,000 people have reportedly left France’s ...

But with New Caledonia empty of tourists, Mr Mahé was out of work and the hotel's owning company asked him to move on. He and his family were among the nearly 11,000 people who left the territory ...