More arrests in besieged New Caledonian pro-independence stronghold

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 of Mont-Dore, near the capital Nouméa, had been blockaded by French security forces, which had banned the neighbouring provincial road to traffic by installing two checkpoints, effectively blockading the Saint...