As France held local elections on Sunday, the Pacific Ocean archipelago of New Caledonia, a French territory, saw parties ...

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Final results show 56.7 percent voted to stay French in Sunday's closely watched referendum on the archipelago, which sits on a quarter of the world's known supplies of nickel, a vital electronics ...

There were a few surprises in both in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the first round of polls, and many townships will go back to the polling stations for the second round on Sunday.

French President Emmanuel Macron last week called New Caledonia’s politicians back to negotiations in Paris on 16 January over the stalled Bougival accord. A de facto referendum on the document, ...

The French judiciary has allowed an independence leader from the overseas territory of New Caledonia to return home after his release from detention over 2024 deadly riots, a source close to the case ...

France is on the brink of granting New Caledonia new powers in a nod to the Pacific nation's growing desires for independence.