Fears of potential unrest on New Caledonia’s symbolic date of September 24 have prompted stronger restrictions in New Caledonia and the deployment of large numbers of French security personnel. The date initially marked what France termed the “taking of possession” of New Caledonia, in 1853. Since 2004, what the pro-independence Kanak movement has been calling...

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