New Caledonia
Families ripped apart by Pacific blackbirding now reuniting
From the 1860s until 1901, trading ships took Pacific islanders to work on plantations - many kidnapped or tricked, now some of those families are being reunited.
New Caledonia pro-independence leader referred to prosecutor
New Caledonia pro-independence party leader referred to prosecutor. Audio
Tensions mount in New Caledonia as Kanaks insist on decolonisation
New Caledonia's largest pro-independence party has been told that France is panicking and afraid of losing New Caledonia.
Anti-independence New Caledonian politician will not cooperate with French National Assembly
A senior New Caledonian politician has ruled out any further cooperation with the president of the French National Assembly Yael Braun-Pivet on the question of New Caledonia's future.
New Caledonia's independence factions end Paris talks
New Caledonia's rival pro- and anti-independence factions both say they are satisfied with the week of separate talks with French government ministers in Paris.
France holds independence talks with New Caledonia's rival factions
The French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has held separate meetings with New Caledonia's rival factions about the territory's future as the 1998 Noumea Accord expires.
