It’s a former Pacific Island prison colony with a population of 270,000 but New Caledonia is emerging as one of the most unlikely outposts of young football talent. The tiny territory is situated ...

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When Maxwell Winchester and his wife arrived in the South Pacific island of New Caledonia nearly two weeks ago, they were excited for what would be their first child-free holiday since becoming ...

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 communities ...

PARIS — Violence raged across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day Thursday, hours after France imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory, boosting security forces’ powers to ...

A new report from the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) provides a promising assessment of the status of coral reefs in New Caledonia. Released today, the Global Reef Expedition: New ...

Many voters in the French territory of New Caledonia go to the polls this Sunday to vote on a referendum on independence — again. They have voted twice before on the issue, but analysts say changing ...

The tension between France and the Indigenous Kanak population of New Caledonia is set to continue, with the pro-independence Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) seeking advice from ...

The unprecedented political crisis in France is increasingly being felt thousands of kilometers away in the South Pacific. On October 16, French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two ...

The referendum is part of an ongoing reconciliation process following violent protests by indigenous Kanak residents in the 1980s. Shutterstock A historic independence vote is to be held on 4 November ...