France has announced a sweeping agreement granting more autonomy to the South Pacific territory of New Caledonia.

There were violent protests against French rule in the semiautonomous Pacific territory last year. The agreement would create ...

France and New Caledonia on Saturday announced a "historic" accord in which the overseas territory would remain French, but ...

Representatives of France and the New Caledonian political forces signed an agreement on Saturday establishing a 'State of ...

New Caledonia was hit by mass riots in May 2024, triggered by France's plans to give thousands of non-indigenous long-term residents voting rights. View on euronews ...

France on Saturday announced a "historic" accord with New Caledonia in which the overseas territory, rocked by deadly ...

President Emmanuel Macron, third right, flanked by Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, left, and Minister for Overseas ...

France annexed New Caledonia in 1853 and gave the colony the status of overseas territory in 1946. New Caledonia is the world's No. 3 nickel miner, but one in five residents live under the poverty ...

Many voters in the French territory of New Caledonia go to the polls this Sunday to vote on a referendum on independence. It's a moment not lost on China and the United States.

NICE, France — Days after France lifted emergency measures in New Caledonia to quell the worst unrest in decades in its Pacific territory, it is hurrying to ensure that residents of the troubled ...

NICE, France — After four months of deadly unrest in New Caledonia, tensions in the French Pacific territory between the pro-independence Indigenous Kanak people and the white settler ...

A majority of voters in New Caledonia, an archipelago in in the South Pacific, chose to remain part of France instead of backing independence in Sunday’s referendum. Oct. 4, 2020 ...