Ponga was named on Wednesday, 8 January, following the collapse of New Caledonia's first pro-independence government in December. Like his predecessor Louis Mapou, Ponga is an indigenous Kanak.
French Prime minister François Bayrou has told the French Parliament he wants political talks for New Caledonia to resume this month. In his maiden speech of general policy announcing his government's ...
New Caledonia's mothballed nickel plant, Koniambo nickel (KNS) has appointed a new chairman in early January. He is Alexandre Rousseau, who was until now the company's vice-president. The company said ...
New Caledonia’s newly-installed government has elected pro-France Alcide Ponga as territorial President. Ponga, 49, is also the first indigenous Kanak president of the pro-France Le Rassemblement-Les ...
Alcide Ponga, president of the anti-independence party Rassemblement-Les Républicains, has been elected as the new President of New Caledonia. Ponga replaces outgoing President Louis Mapou of the ...
“I will invite, this January, (New Caledonia’s) political forces to come to Paris and open those negotiations.” Patrick Decloitre, Correspondent French Pacific Desk French Prime minister François ...