The Kanak people and New Caledonias destiny should not be decided in Europe, they are Pacific people who are rightfully asking for their freedom. As of Tuesday, May 21, French President Emmanuel ...

A year after a wave of unrest swept through the French overseas territory, President Emmanuel Macron invited local leaders to talks on 'economic and social matters,' as well as a 'new project' for New ...

Indigenous Kanak people make up 40 percent of the population but are more likely to be unemployed or poor [Catherine Wilson/Al Jazeera] By the side of a road on the outskirts of Noumea, ...

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 ...

Three people have been killed as violent protests and looting rock New Caledonia, ... He told Pacific media that the Kanak people could not participate fully in the independence referendum of 2021.

Today, the Indigenous Kanak people make up 40 per cent of Kanaky. There are fears that the decision to allow residents who have lived in Kanaky for ten years will take self-determination away from ...

Indigenous Kanak people accounted for 41.2% of the archipelago's population in the 2019 census, according to the National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE).

For years, only families who had lived in New Caledonia before 1998 could vote in local elections, but Paris wanted to scrap those restrictions, which would add more non-Kanak people to voting rolls.

1946 – The archipelago becomes a French overseas territory, paving the way for citizenship and voting rights for Kanak people. 1976-88 – Clashes between French authorities and the Kanak ...