New Caledonia

There has been a mixed response to the news that the French president Emmanuel Macron is to return the original deed with which France took possession of New Caledonia in 1853.

Private doctors in New Caledonia will go on strike today joining medical staff of Noumea's three private hospitals.

The spokesman of New Caledonia's pro-independence FLNKS movement has called for unity ahead of an independence referendum in November.

There have been more minor disruptions to New Caledonia's domestic air services amid an unlimited strike by some firefighters.

The New Caledonian government has chosen mediators to try to end a strike of medical staff at Noumea's private clinics.

There have been minor disruptions to New Caledonia's domestic air services amid an unlimited strike by some firefighters.

The prosecutor in New Caledonia has asked the appeal court to uphold the jail sentences of three men convicted of smuggling 578 kilogrammes of cocaine on board their yacht.

The pro-independence Caledonian Union has called for a broad meeting to ensure next week's visit to Ouvea by the French President Emmanuel Macron will be smooth.

A strike warning has been issued in New Caledonia that threatens to disturb domestic air travel.

A leading New Caledonian anti-independence politician says he will not have anything to do with plans to draw up a charter of New Caledonian values.

Commemorations have begun in New Caledonia to mark the 30th anniversary of the Ouvea hostage crisis.

Kanak leaders want the French president to recognise the early phase of New Caledonia's colonisation as a crime against humanity.

A New Caledonian man jailed for shooting and injuring a minor in Nakety is to be freed.

A tribe in New Caledonia says it is against the French President Emmanuel Macron visiting the grave of the 19 Kanaks killed in the 1988 Ouvea hostage drama.

There has been a fire at a Kouaoua mining site of New Caledonia's SLN nickel company.

About 200 people have marched in New Caledonia in protest at violence against women.