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Airport closed, roads blocked and new Defense Council, update on the situation
No solution to the security and political crisis is in sight in New Caledonia this Monday, a public holiday, after a week of riots in reaction to a reform of…
Riots in New Caledonia: fires and looting in Ducos, damage clean-up operations in Nouméa, roadblocks persist in Dumbéa
In a press release sent this Monday, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry warns: “We absolutely must protect businesses that are still standing!“ “While to date more than 150 businesses…
Australia considers the situation “really worrying”
The violence in New Caledonia worries the countries in the area. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was alarmed this Monday by the situation on the ground, at a time when…
Four presidents of overseas regions call for “immediate withdrawal” of the reform
The presidents of the Réunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique regions and the community of Guyana demanded on Sunday the “immediate withdrawal” of the reform of the electoral body in New Caledonia, decried…
“Republican order will be restored, whatever the cost,” says the high commissioner to the rioters
The State went on the offensive on Sunday in New Caledonia to try to restore “republican order” in the territory, “whatever it costs”, starting with a major operation by the…
François-Xavier Bellamy tackles Marine Le Pen and LFI on the riots
The riots in New Caledonia are part of the European election campaign. Marine Le Pen “proves the violence” in the archipelago by evoking the possibility of a new self-determination referendum…
Riots in New Caledonia: “The island closest to paradise has become the closest to hell”, declares the Archbishop of Nouméa
This Pentecost Sunday morning, in his homily at Nouméa Cathedral, Monseigneur Calvet, Archbishop of Nouméa read a joint declaration drawn up by Christian churches to condemn the violence underway since…
The executive cancels the passage of the Olympic flame in the archipelago
With the ongoing violence, New Caledonia will not be able to receive one of the symbols of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The passage of the flame planned for June…
Live, riots in New Caledonia: “lots of municipal structures burned, media libraries, schools”, deplores Sonia Lagarde, mayor of Nouméa – Le Monde
Live, riots in New Caledonia: “lots of municipal structures burned, media libraries, schools”, deplores Sonia Lagarde, mayor of Nouméa The world New Caledonia under very high tension – 05/18 BFMTV LIVE –…
one dead after exchanges of fire on a dam, the sixth since the start of the riots
A man died in Kaala-Gomen, we learned on Saturday May 18 New Caledonia The 1st with the gendarmerie. The victim is a father. He tried to pass the roadblock for…