The collapse of France’s government has thrown New Caledonia into fresh uncertainty as it tries to recover from its worst civil unrest in decades. Hopes…
New Caledonia's High Commission has announced its curfew has been lifted. It was first brought in after riots broke out in May and has been…
New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party, the Union Calédonienne (UC), on November 28 unveiled the main outcome of its Congress last weekend, including its plans for…
New Caledonia's Union Calédonienne, one of the main and oldest components of the pro-independence movement, has at the weekend elected Emmanuel Tjibaou as its new…
Marshall Islands was elected on October 9to sit on the United Nations Human Rights Council, or HRC, from next year, with climate change and nuclear…
The Southwest Pacific may see either fewer or a normal number of tropical cyclones this season, according to New Zealand's National Institute of Water and…
French Polynesia and New Caledonia, both UN-listed non-sovereign territories to be decolonised, are this week sending delegations to New York to attend the UN's 4th…
New Caledonia's controversial constitutional reform, which triggered violent unrest after a vote in the French National Assembly, will not go ahead, French Prime Minister Michel…
Five individuals wanted by French authorities have surrendered in besieged New Caledonia's pro-independence stronghold of Saint Louis. The village, which is part of the town…
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…
New Caledonia is gripped by a series of bushfires, especially the north-western tip of the main island of Grande Terre, with local firefighters strongly suspicious…
The French government is injecting a new financial aid package into New Caledonia's economy, for a total of some €130 million. The main focus of…
French President Emmanuel Macron has agreed to a request for Pacific Island leaders to visit the French territory of New Caledonia to assess ongoing civil…
France is "checking" whether a high-level mission to New Caledonia will be possible prior to or after the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders' Summit in Tonga…
Removal companies in New Caledonia are reporting more and more people are leaving the French Pacific territory for good following the ongoing violent unrest that…
The obscure UN organization attempting to set rules for the exploitation of deep-sea metals is facing a potential shake-up as more nations call for a…
France has hit back at New Zealand’s deputy prime minister for suggesting a referendum in New Caledonia wasn’t in the spirit of the law as…
Riots in New Caledonia have claimed their 10th victim on July 10. The death took place as a result of an exchange of fire between…
French police shot and killed an alleged gunman in New Caledonia on July 10, local prosecutors said, bringing the toll of almost two months of…
Five New Caledonia pro-independence leaders will continue to serve a preliminary term in several jails in mainland France, pending their trial, a Nouméa court ruled…
An indigenous Kanak pro-independence activist from the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia said Monday that he considered himself a "political prisoner" as authorities held…
Several buildings, including a police station and a town hall, were set on fire in New Caledonia overnight, authorities said on June 24, as the…
President Emmanuel Macron said on June 12 that a voting reform that triggered deadly riots in French Pacific territory New Caledonia would be “suspended” in…
A man shot by police in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia has died of his wounds, becoming the eighth victim of weeks of…
The police in New Caledonia have a new weapon in their arsenal - state of the art trucks with machine guns, flown in from France…
